The U.S. Department of Labor is proposing new rules about the overtime exemptions in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), and contract attorneys want in. United Contract Attorneys, a group lawyers trying to address and improve conditions (including pay) for contract attorneys, has put out a call to action. They're asking contract attorneys to submit comments to the DOL by September 4, 2015. They've even put together a sample comment to use, which includes information such as:
