To Exempt or Not To Exempt: Salary Bump Required By July 1

The U.S. Department of Labor issued its Final Rule on April 23, 2024, increasing the salary minimum for Executive, Administrative, Professional, and Highly Compensated Employees to be exempt from overtime under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The deadline to audit and potentially raise the pay of salaried FLSA exempt positions is July 1, 2024. Nonprofits, which are critically dependent upon grants and the generosity of donors, will be most affected by these new salary thresholds. 

Longtime labor and employment attorney Denise Blommel will explain the new Rule and strategies for compliance. Additionally, Denise will talk about relatively unknown, but important, rules about the payment of overtime that go beyond simply “time and one-half.” She will also address common myths about the payment of salaries. 

Please do not think that this Rule will just “go away.” Yes, there will be court challenges. None will be resolved by July 1. The time to act is NOW. Please join us on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, from 11AM to 12N, for this FREE webinar that you cannot afford to miss!

Resource: FLSA Exemption Salary Table

DENISE M. BLOMMEL is an attorney in Scottsdale, Arizona.  She is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts of Arizona and Nevada.  Her practice centers on the employer-employee relationship.

Denise is a former Field Attorney with the National Labor Relations Board and a former Assistant Chief Counsel of the Industrial Commission of Arizona.  She represents employers and employees in employment and labor matters.

Denise belongs to the State Bar of Arizona, State Bar of Nevada, the American Bar Association, the Scottsdale Bar Association, and the Arizona Employment Lawyers Association.  She is President-Elect of the State Bar of Arizona’s Senior Lawyers Division.

Denise was awarded the State Bar of Arizona’s Member of the Year for 1998-1999.  She was also awarded the State Bar Employment & Labor Law Section Member of the Year in 2014.  Denise is one of the authors of the State Bar’s Arizona Employment Law Handbook and a co-author of articles in the January 2022, January 2021, and December 2013 State Bar’s Arizona Attorney about the State Board of Education’s expanded jurisdiction, COVID-19 in the Workplace, and the Affordable Care Act; and two articles in the April 1994 and April 1998 Arizona Attorney about Workers' Compensation, the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Family Medical Leave Act.  Denise served as Chair of the Employment & Labor Law and Co-Chair of the Workers’ Compensation Law Sections of the State Bar of Arizona. 

Denise holds a Bachelor of Arts in Government and Economics, with Highest Distinction (Summa Cum Laude), Honors, Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi, from the University of Arizona.  She serves on the Advisory Board to the Honors College at the University of Arizona.  Her law degree is from Arizona State University.  Denise and her Moot Court teammates placed second in the nation in the National Moot Court competition – team, brief, and speaker.

Denise is a frequent presenter for government, business, educational and community groups.  She taught Human Resources Law for the ASU Master of Legal Studies Program in 2014 and 2015 and was active with the former ASU Law Group. 

Denise is a mediator with the U.S. Postal Service.  She and her husband, Don Doerres, are regular presenters of “Soft Skills for a Hard World,” a seminar to improve workplace communication and resolve conflict.  Denise and Don belong to the University of Iowa Alumni Association and Denise is a life member of both the ASU and U of A Alumni Associations.

Denise served on the Board of Directors for 20 years for Girl Scouts – Arizona Cactus-Pine Council.  The Girl Scouts awarded Denise the Thanks Badge in 2000; the Thanks Badge II in 2005, and the Impact Award in 2020, their highest volunteer honors.  She currently serves as Chair of the Council’s Personnel Committee.  Denise and Don live in Scottsdale and are active at St. Patrick Catholic Community.