New Rules for Paying Employees on a Salary – Tough Decisions & Difficult Conversations

By: Randall Sutton Saalfeld Griggs Employment Law & Litigation Practice Group Oregon Business Lawyers   It’s finally here. Nearly a year after the proposed rule was announced, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) has raised the salary threshold for employees to qualify as “exempt” under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”).  The new rule will