Former DOL insider: FLSA changes coming in early 2015, get ready now

By Jared Bilski

Remember those changes to the FLSA’s “white-collar” exemption the DOL was supposed to release this fall? Well, they’re actually going to be released in the early part of 2015.
At least that’s what Tammy McCutchen, the former administrator of the DOL’s Wage-and-Hour Division (WHD), told SHRM online recently.

Little lag time

McCutchen also offered the following advice to employers regarding the FLSA changes: Start looking at employer classifications as soon as the proposed rule is released.
Her reason: The proposed-to-final-rule process isn’t likely to include many changes.

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