Employers across the nation have been preparing to increase salary levels for managers to meet the higher salary level requirements implemented by the Department of Labor earlier this year under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The DOL rules were set to take effect on December 1, 2016, and require that employers must pay employees
Five action items employers can take pending the DOL changes in exempt classifications
In 2015 the Department of Labor (DOL) proposed increasing the salary employees must receive in order to be classified as exempt. The DOL finalized the rules and the changes are pending before the White House’s Office of Management and Budget. If approved, it is likely that the final rules would take effect late summer