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NEW SALARY THRESHOLD FOR EXEMPT EMPLOYEES BLOCKED

11-29-16 — In an unexpected ruling, a Federal Judge in Texas has blocked new FLSA Rules that were to take effect on December 1, 2016 that would have increased the minimum salary for employees to qualify as Exempt and would have extended overtime pay requirements to an estimated 4 million workers in the U.S. Background – New...

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Former Ad Agency Executive Leads The TEAM Companies’ Chicago Office

8-01-16 — After three decades in business affairs including the last eleven years as Partner, Director of Production Business Management at Ogilvy Chicago, Marie Goss has joined The TEAM Companies and will oversee the talent payroll and business affairs groups in the company’s Chicago office. Marie developed her expertise and sought-after professional insight working with such clients...

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Former SAG-AFTRA Exec Leads The TEAM Companies’ Southeastern US Expansion

6-23-16 — After three decades as Executive Director of SAG-AFTRA’s Nashville office and a decade as the union’s Assistant National Director for Sound Recordings, Randy Himes hopes to have touring artists, business managers, and record labels singing a different tune in managing the payment of singers, musicians, composers and concert tour crew and support personnel. Himes recently...

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JPC Updates – Unwired Network Added & Revised SAG-AFTRA Drivers Policy

3-19-16 — The Joint Policy Committee on Broadcast Talent Relations (the JPC) has issued two notifications in the month of March. The first, issued on March 7, advises that ICON International has been added to Tier One of the Unwired Network Waiver, and the second, issued on March 10, is an alert regarding revised criteria for Vehicle...