For various business reasons, an employer may determine that it needs to move a full-time employee to part-time status. Before an employer makes such a determination, it should pause and carefully ...

To qualify for exemption, employees generally must meet all the following tests: Duties Test - The employee's job duties must primarily involve executive, administrative or professional duties as ...

Sid Lewis is a partner at Jones Walker and leader of the firm’s labor and employment practice group. As a labor and employment law attorney, misclassification is by far the most common mistake I see ...

Many employers are planning to reclassify employees to non-exempt status now that the Labor Department is significantly raising the salary threshold for employees to be exempt from overtime pay. You ...

Question: I’m going to hire a new employee soon. I want this person to be exempt from the normal overtime and meal and rest period rules. Can I make this person exempt by paying them a higher salary?

It is the practice of the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) to ensure that Non-Exempt Employees are scheduled in such a way that does not require them to work in excess of 40 hours during a ...