Professional Exemption

New and Updated

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Employee Classification: Oregon

  Updated to reflect the 2023 annual inflation adjustment to the minimum salary levels for executive, administrative and professional employees.

• Type:

  50-State Charts

  Minimum Salary Levels for Executive, Administrative and Professional Employees by State

  Updated to reflect forthcoming minimum salary changes in Oregon.

• Date:

  March 16, 2023

  Type:

  News

  Docking Exempt Employees' PTO Not an FLSA Violation, 3rd Circuit Rules

  An employer may safely deduct PTO from a salaried employee without violating the FLSA or risking the employee's exempt status, according to a new ruling by the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Employee Classification: Federal

  Updated to reflect information on a Supreme Court ruling regarding highly compensated employees.

• Date:

  January 9, 2023

  Type:

  News

  DOL Pencils in May 2023 for New Overtime and Independent Contractor Rules

  The US Department of Labor (DOL) often misses its target dates, so another delay would not be unusual. Conversely, there is nothing stopping the agency from issuing new rules before May, either.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Employee Classification: Alaska

  Updated to reflect increases to the minimum salaries for overtime-exempt executive, administrative and professional employees, effective January 1, 2023.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Employee Classification: California

  Updated to reflect increases to the minimum salaries for executive employees, administrative employees and professional employees, and to the minimum pay for computer professionals and physicians and surgeons paid an hourly rate, effective January 1, 2023.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Employee Classification: Colorado

  Updated to reflect increases to the minimum salaries for most white-collar employees and to the minimum hourly pay for computer employees, effective January 1, 2023.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Employee Classification: Maine

  Updated to reflect an increase in the minimum salary for overtime-exempt executive, administrative and professional employees, effective January 1, 2023.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Employee Classification: New York

  Updated to reflect an increase in the minimum salaries for overtime-exempt executive and administrative employees, effective December 31, 2022.