Supreme Court Reaffirms Qualifications for FLSA Overtime Exemptions

On Feb. 22, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc. v. Hewitt (Helix) that employees must be compensated on a salary basis to qualify for the highly compensated employee overtime exemption under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). FLSA Overtime Exemptions To qualify for an overtime exemption under the FLSA,…