WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Thursday, June 9, Seyfarth Shaw LLP partner Alexander Passantino will testify before the U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee. The full House Education and the Workforce Committee hearing, "The Administration's Overtime Rule and Its Consequences for Workers, Students, Nonprofits, and Small Businesses," is scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m. ET; more details can be found here. Passantino's written testimony will be available on Thursday, June 9 and the hearing will also be webcast here.
Passantino, the former Acting Administrator of the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division, focuses his practice on all aspects of wage and hour law, including advising employers on federal and state wage and hour compliance issues, auditing payroll and employee classification practices, representing employers before the U.S. Department of Labor, and defending class and collective action litigation. He provides day-to-day advice and assistance to employers in their efforts to comply with the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the state laws that require employers to pay overtime and minimum wages to their employees.
Seyfarth's FLSA Exemption Resource Center offers practical resources for businesses preparing for and responding to the 2016 revisions to the FLSA exemptions.
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