Join attorneys from Fisher Phillips to learn how this final rule could impact your dealership, along with the other common overtime exemptions that typically apply at a dealership, such as the salesmen, partsmen, and mechanics exemption.

Overtime exemptions struck down

New Driven Guide available regarding overtime exemptions

U.S. Department of Labor is updating and revising the earnings thresholds necessary to exempt executive, administrative or professional employees (EAP or “white collar”) from the Fair Labor Standards Act’s overtime pay requirements.

The U.S. Department of Labor published a final rule that raises the minimum annual salary threshold to classify an employee as exempt from overtime rules under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

DOL Overtime Exemption Changes

WASHINGTON (July 18, 2012) - A House Appropriations Subcommittee voted today to reinforce that service advisors, the frontline employee-salespersons in the service department, remain exempt from overtime pay requirements. In 2011, the Department of Labor (DOL) attempted to reverse its own 1978 opinion and roll back the longstanding…

The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that even employees earning more than $1,000 per day or $200,000 per year are not exempt from the federal overtime premium of one-half times their regular rate of pay if they aren't paid a sufficient salary. The decision should serve as a reminder to review dealership compliance with the…

Today the Supreme Court issued a 5-4 decision in Encino Motorcars, LLC v. Navarro, concluding that dealership service advisors fall within the “salesmen, partsmen, and mechanics” overtime pay exemption under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. In doing so, it reversed a January 2017 decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals…