Category: Client Alerts
New Overtime Exemption Thresholds
DOL Issues Final Overtime Rule On September 24, 2019, the United States Department of Labor issued the long-awaited Final Rule updating the earnings thresholds necessary to exempt executive, administrative, and professional employees from the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) minimum wage and overtime pay requirements. The Final Rule includes the […]
Alabama Equal Pay Act, signed by Governor Ivey on June 11
On June 11, 2019, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed the Clarke-Figures Equal Pay Act, which prohibits any employer from paying an employee disparate wages compared to employees of another sex or race for equal work. This is a substantial development because the law allows aggrieved employees to file an action […]
New Laws to Preserve and Revive HOA Covenants
MRTA Changes The 2018 legislative session resulted in changes to Florida Statutes, Chapters 720 and 712, dealing with the preservation and revitalization of community covenants and restrictions and the Marketable Record Title Act (“MRTA”), and the addition of a new requirement for homeowner association boards to address MRTA on an […]
Legislative updates effective July 1, 2018 to the Condominium Act and HOA Act
2018 Legislative Update – On July 1, 2018, the amendments to Chapter 718 (Condominium Act) and Chapter 7120 (HOA Act) signed into law by Governor Scott will be effective. Some of the changes are clarifications and modifications to the laws enacted in 2017, such as conflicts of interest, director term […]
Employers Prevail on the Issue of Class Action Waivers
The United States Supreme Court recently ruled in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis that employers can use arbitration agreements to bar employees from filing class-action lawsuits over the terms of their employment, including claims for unpaid overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Read more
