Employee Classification

New and Updated

• Type:

  Editor's Choice

  January 1, 2025: Employers, Act Now Before New Compliance Requirements Take Effect

  Updated to include New York Equal Rights Amendment and law regarding digital replica usage in employment agreements.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  New Hire Paperwork: Maine

  Updated to reflect notice requirements under the paid family and medical leave law, with contribution collections effective January 1, 2025.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Independent Contractors: California

  Updated to reflect the Freelance Worker Protection Act, effective January 1, 2025.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Employee Classification: Alaska

  Updated to reflect increases to the minimum salaries for overtime-exempt executive, administrative and professional employees, effective January 1, 2025. 

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Employee Classification: Washington

  Updated to reflect an increase in the minimum salary for overtime-exempt executive, administrative and professional employees and the minimum hourly wage for computer professionals, effective January 1, 2025. 

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Employee Classification: New York

  Updated to reflect an increase in the minimum salaries for overtime-exempt executive and administrative employees, effective January 1, 2025. 

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Employee Classification: California

  Updated to reflect increases to the minimum salaries for executive employees, administrative employees and professional employees, and to the minimum pay for computer professionals and physicians and surgeons paid an hourly rate, effective January 1, 2025. 

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Employee Classification: Colorado

  Updated to reflect increases to the minimum salaries for most white-collar employees and to the minimum hourly pay for computer employees, effective January 1, 2025. 

• Date:

  November 22, 2024

  Type:

  Podcasts and Webinars

  Webinar: The Overtime Rule Is Dead - What Do We Do Now?

  A federal court recently overturned the US Department of Labor (DOL) overtime rule, which was going to raise the minimum annual salary for most overtime-exempt employees from $43,888 to $58,656. Brightmine Senior Legal Editor Michael Cardman answers these questions and more to help you chart a path forward for your organization.

• Type:

  How To

  How to Determine If an Employee Qualifies for the FLSA Executive Exemption

  Updated to reflect the vacatur of the overtime rule updating and revising the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overtime exemption requirements, effective November 15, 2024.