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Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans, which covers Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas, upheld a district court’s decision that two highly compensated IT engineers were not properly paid on a salary basis and, therefore, not exempt from the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

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Other key findings from the report include: ;96% of surveyed employees would support AI in compensation if it guaranteed competitive, market-based pay.; ;90% said they are at least somewhat comfortable with AI influencing pay.; ;42% would allow AI to decide up to 25% of their total compensation; 39% would allow up to half.; ;34% now trust machines more than people to decide pay and bonuses.; A Sensitive Issue: Managers Score Below Average on Empathy New research from career website Zety and SIGMA Assessment Systems revealed managers scored lower than the general population across the “emotional” cluster, which measured emotional sensitivity through empathy , anxiety and cooperativeness subscales.

Unit labor costs in the nonfarm business sector increased 5.7% in Q1 2025, reflecting a 4.8% increase in hourly compensation and a 0.8% decrease in productivity.

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