JD Supra

Hold that Paycheck! Navigating Unpaid Suspensions for Exempt Employees

On those (hopefully) rare occasions when a supervisor or other exempt employee must be suspended without pay for disciplinary reasons, employers should take special care to ensure that the unpaid ...
JD Supra

DOL Opinion Letter Confirms Exempt Employees Can Perform Some Non-Exempt Work for Hourly Wages Without Automatically Losing Exempt Status

On May 28, 2026, the U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (DOL) released an opinion letter confirming an important point for employers: an employee who qualifies for the executive, ...
Law360

AI Could Shift Exempt Status For Administrative Employees

The spread of artificial intelligence tools in the workplace could require employers to pay minimum wage and overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act, because employees could lose their discretion ...
Inc.

The Payroll Law You Are Probably Breaking

You have a slacker exempt employee who just showed up three hours late, again. You dock her pay, because fair is fair. Reasonable, right? Congratulations! You just broke a federal law. If she’s a ...
The Business Journals

The hidden cost of misclassification: Exempt vs. non-exempt missteps and resulting liability for employers

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. It sounds simple: classify workers as exempt or non-exempt ...