More firms are adding bonus setups, but aren't making those payments known to other partners, even in otherwise transparent ...

'Musker' left unanswered how to distinguish between commissions, which qualify as wages, and bonuses, which do not. The critical distinction between the two forms of compensation is not directly the ...

The U.S. Department of Labor issued a batch of four opinion letters on Jan. 5 cautioning employers on the role of certain performance-based bonuses and pre-shift “roll call” time in overtime ...

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On January 5, 2026, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (the “DOL”) issued Opinion Letter FLSA2026-2 addressing the question of whether an employer must include certain bonus ...

Top law firms are throwing massive cash bonuses at younger lawyers — sometimes more than $200,000 a pop — to stop them from quitting or getting poached by rivals as competition for talent intensifies.

The Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued four opinion letters interpreting the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) on Jan. 5, 2026. The letters, signed by Wage and Hour Division Administrator ...

Yetter Coleman raised first-year associate salaries to $250,000 and increased clerkship bonuses to $145,000, intensifying ...