Michelle Roberts Gonzales

Nov 19, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Michael DeLarco |Michelle Roberts Gonzales |George Ingham

On Friday, November 15, 2024, a federal judge in Texas blocked on a nationwide basis, a final rule that would have, among other things, increased the salary thresholds that must be met for employees to be classified as exempt from overtime pay requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). One of these increases had already gone into effect on July 1, 2024, and a second, larger increase was set to occur on January 1, 2025.

May 14, 2024 | californiaglobe.com | Michelle Roberts Gonzales

California employers have contended with the state’s prohibition on post-termination non-compete agreements for more than 150 years, and they may now have a thing or two to teach the rest of the country. The Federal Trade Commission adopted a rule that will prohibit new non-competes and invalidate many existing ones on September 4, 2024, nationwide, unless one or more court challenges are successful in blocking the rule.