CONTEXT The fair labor standards act defines any hours worked in excess of 40 in a given week as “overtime.” It also dictates employees must be paid at least one and one-half their normal pay rate for all overtime hours. The Department of Labor refers to this...

On September 24th the DOL updated its rules for overtime eligibility for salaried employees. This is the first time the department has updated overtime rules in 15 years and the changes fall into two categories, salaries and bonuses. Salaries: • The “standard salary...

In September the DoD unveiled a new draft of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC). This is the Pentagon’s push towards creating a simple, consistent framework for the cyber security standards it imposes on all 300,000+ prevailing wage contractors and...