The Current Minimum Wage On January 2, 2022, the minimum wage in Missouri increased from $10.30 per hour to $11.15. This is because in 2018, Missouri citizens voted to pass Proposition B, the minimum wage initiative, which increases the minimum wage in increments each year until it reaches $12.00 per …
On April 27, 2021, the Biden Administration issued an executive order raising the minimum wage for federal contractor workers from $10.95 per hour to $15.00 per hour, with additional increases scheduled to take effect annually to account for inflation and changes in the cost of living. Per a White House …
On March 30, 2021, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision reversing a trial court’s determination that an employer waived its right to compel arbitration by participating in litigation. Morgan v. Sundance, Inc., No. 19-2435 (8th Cir. Mar. 30, 2021). In Morgan, the trial court had concluded the …
In a recently issued opinion, the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas refused to adopt the Fifth Circuit’s new approach to conditional certification under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). See McCoy v. Elkhart Products Corp., No. 5:20-cv-05176, 2021 WL 510626 (W.D. Ark. Feb. 11, 2021). …
During the Trump Administration, the Wage and Hour Division (“WHD”) of the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) resumed the practice of issuing formal Opinion Letters that shed light on how the agency would interpret and enforce wage and hour laws and regulations. The Obama administration generally elected to provide …
In a January 15, 2021 Opinion Letter, the DOL took a deep dive into the origins and development of the amusement and recreational establishment exemption codified at 29 U.S.C. § 213(a)(3) to address several questions and issues about its nature and scope. Three separate entities requested guidance on the same …
On January 19, 2021, the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the United States Department of Labor (DOL) issued several opinion letters addressing issues and questions related to exemptions and potential misclassification under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Three of those opinion letters are addressed in this article. Retail …
In Charbonneau v. Mortgage Lenders of America, LLC, et al., No. 2:18-CV-02062, 2021 WL 84171 (D. Kan. Jan. 11, 2021), U.S. District Judge Holly Teeter of the District of Kansas denied the defendants’ motion to decertify plaintiff’s unpaid overtime claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). Charbonneau, 2021 WL …
Update: Effective May 6, 2021, this Final Rule has been formally withdrawn. According to the Department of Labor, this Final Rule had never been used by any court or the Wage and Hour division, and is not supported by the Fair Labor Standards Act’s text, purpose, or judicial precedent. …
Presidential elections in the United States can have a significant impact on how laws are enforced or changed from one administration to the next, especially where the political party of the President switches as a result of the election, as in 2020. With the Biden administration beginning its transition to …
