On May 24, 2024, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans, which covers Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas, recently upheld a district court’s decision that two highly compensated IT engineers were not properly paid on a salary basis and, therefore, not exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) overtime requirements. The Fifth Circuit’s opinion reiterates that no matter how much money an employee earns, a guaranteed weekly salary must be paid in accordance with the FLSA’s specific rules and regulations in order to maintain most exemptions from the overtime pay requirements. READ MORE