A U.S. appellate court on Wednesday, Sept. 11, upheld the authority of the Department of Labor (DOL) to consider salary level as the basis for determining exemption eligibility under federal overtime pay requirements.
The decision came courtesy of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which delivered a unanimous three-judge panel verdict for the defense in the case Mayfield v. U.S. Department of LaborOpen in a new tab. READ MORE