On February 22, 2023, the US Supreme Court held in Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. v. Hewitt that an employee who was paid nearly $1,000 each day he worked was not exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and therefore owed overtime for the work he did. This case turned on an interpretation of the FLSA regulations, which exempt from the overtime requirement certain bona fide executive, administrative and professional employees.
US Supreme Court Rules Highly Compensated Employee Is Not Exempt from Overtime
By Joseph K. Mulherin and Barrick Bollman on March 9, 2023
Posted In Employee Benefits, Employment
