Overview of FLSA Principles

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This FAQ addresses commonly asked questions about the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), including its applicability to Community Action Agencies (CAAs). It provides an overview of key FLSA principles and discusses the exemptions CAAs most frequently use to classify employees as “exempt” from minimum wage and overtime pay, including specific exemption issues for Head Start teachers.

A new Overtime Rule issued by the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) will take effect on July 1, 2024, and is estimated to make an additional 1 million workers eligible for overtime pay in the initial update in July, and an additional 3 million workers eligible for overtime pay in the subsequent update in January. See CAPLAW’s FAQ, Complying with the New Overtime Rule Under the FLSA, for more information about the impact of the Overtime Rule and strategies for implementing the changes.

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Final Changes to the FLSA Overtime Rule

On April 26, 2024, DOL published a Final Rule on Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees (the “Overtime Rule”). In this webinar, CAPLAW discussed the Overtime Rule, impacts the changes could...

Complying with the New FLSA Overtime Rule

On April 26, 2024, DOL published a Final Rule on Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees (the “Final Rule”). Key changes in the Final Rule include: (i) on July 1, 2024, raising the...

Building Blocks of Employee Compensation

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