Category Archives: Business

Just the FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions): Legal Challenges to the FTC’s Final Rule Invalidating Non-Competes

In May 2024, OlenderFeldman LLP notified its clients of the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) final rule banning nearly all non-competes and invalidating those non-competes below a senior executive level (“Non-Compete Rule”). This sweeping Non-Compete Rule has sparked legal challenges across the country, with federal lawsuits filed in Texas, Pennsylvania, and Florida seeking to block or…
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Just the FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions): DOL’s New Overtime Rule: Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees

The Federal Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) requires employers in the United States to pay all employees overtime pay of at least time and one-half the regular rate of pay for all hours worked over 40 hours in a workweek unless they are exempt from overtime pay.  The U.S. Department of Labor (“USDOL”) periodically reviews…
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