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Today, the United States Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Hewitt v. Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc., holding that an oil rig supervisor paid a day rate is entitled to overtime pay because a day rate is not a “salary” within the meaning of the federal wage law—the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). The FLSA requires employers to pay employees overtime pay of at least 1.5 times the employee’s regular rate of pay for all hours worked over 40 hours in a workweek. However, certain employees are exempt from overtime. Companies ...
Yesterday, the FTC hosted a virtual forum during which six speakers from various industries provided their reactions to the proposed ban on non-compete agreements. The President of a Tennessee logistics company who founded the website www.endnoncompetes.com offered his opinion that non-competes are unnecessary and used to bully young people. He proudly announced that his company currently is violating around 100 non-compete agreements. A former Chief Human Resources Officer who now represents a public policy organization that advises chief human resources officers ...