Keep Calm And Carry On: Part 2

The December 1 effective date for the increased dollar-amount thresholds for most of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act's so-called "white collar" exemptions is now only a little more than two months away.

In addition to proposals about which we posted earlier, renewed hopes that these changes will be stopped or delayed are being sustained by other, more-recent developments.

The Lawsuits

These include the lawsuits filed by 21 state governments and by a number of employer- and business-advocacy groups. It is important to keep in mind that:

• The legal theories underlying these challenges are complex, some of them are untested in significant ways, and some of them might present an uphill battle;