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ARTICLE · 08 FEBRUARY 2024

Wage & Hour Developments: A Year In Review

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This 2023 Year in Review looks at significant wage and hour developments, including agency action, U.S. Supreme Court developments, important appellate court decisions...

United StatesEmployment and HR
Jeffrey W. Brecher
Jeffrey W. Brecher
Justin Barnes
Justin Barnes
Lisa A. Milam
Lisa A. Milam

Introduction

This 2023 Year in Review looks at significant wage and hour developments, including agency action, U.S. Supreme Court developments, important appellate court decisions, and state legislative and regulatory changes, including new state minimum wage rates for 2024.

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) was active in 2023, proposing and finalizing regulations and stepping up enforcement activity. A proposed rule sharply increasing the salary threshold for employees subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act's (FLSA) "white-collar" exemptions could have the most significant impact on U.S. workplaces. The DOL has set an April 2024 target date for release of a final rule. The DOL, however, continues to face pushback from the business community on its rulemaking, in the form of ongoing court challenges. Litigation challenging the new rule, once issued, is likely. As the year ended, DOL also put the finishing touches on another long-awaited rule — the regulations

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