Each year, California’s minimum wage rises, but along with hourly workers’ wages increasing, so too does the salary threshold for employees to be exempt from overtime. For an employee to be exempt ...

An exempt employee describes a salaried employee that is not covered by Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which means they do not qualify for overtime pay. Non-exempt employees, on the other hand, are ...

In the last two months, we've discussed two categories of employees who are exempt from minimum wage and overtime requirements under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. Not surprisingly, these ...

What does this mean for your business? Let’s break it down. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, employees who work more than 40 hours a week are entitled to overtime. However, some employees are ...

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Generally, employees may only be considered exempt from the FLSA’s overtime requirements if they perform specific job duties — i.e., meet a “duties test” — and are paid on a salary basis at a rate of ...