On September 24, 2019, the Department of Labor issued a final rule increasing the salary-level threshold for white-collar exemptions from $455 a week to $684 a week. This final rule is effective Jan. 1, 2020. Employees covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act must...
The Treasury Department and the IRS are working to incorporate changes into the Form W-4, Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate, for 2020.The revised form implements changes made following the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which made major revisions affecting...
Michigan’s Governor Whitmer wants to create a rule that would increase the exempt salary threshold for a worker to be eligible for overtime pay to $51,000. The new federal rate, set to take effect January 1, 2020 is $35,568. Up $11,968 from the current level of...
California legislators approved a landmark bill on September 11, 2019 which requires companies like Uber and Lyft to treat contract workers as employees. The bill was signed into law on September 18, 2019 by Governor Newsom and will go into effect January 1,...
On September 24, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor announced a final rule expected to impact 1.3 million American workers.In the final rule, the Department is:Raising the “minimum salary level” from the currently enforced level of $455 per week to $684 per week for...
