December 2019 Your Business & the Law: A Labor & Employment Newsletter
New DOL White Collar Exemption Rules Coming in the New Year
by Jennifer Shorb Hagerman
After several years of uncertainty, in September 2019 the U.S. Department of Labor issued its final rule on the minimum amount an employee must earn per week in order to be considered for most of the “white collar” exemptions from overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Leave Law Tip of the Month: Too Much Leave?
by Lisa A. Krupicka
Providing paid leave to your employees....Does this complicate employment decisions?
Tannera Gibson Elected as an Officer of the MBA
Congratulations to BPJ Member Tannera George Gibson, who has been elected Secretary/Treasurer of the Memphis Bar Association. With her election, Tannera will become President in 2022, the first black woman to hold the job.