James Coleman Comments on DOL Decision in Human Resource Executive
Fairfax attorney James Coleman was quoted in Human Resource Executive regarding the Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division's recent decision to no longer issue opinion letters under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
"There is no question that the interpretation is a blow to finance-industry employers who had relied on the 2006 opinion letter for support that their mortgage-loan officers -- and similar positions -- were exempt," says James M. Coleman, a partner in the Fairfax, Va., office of Constangy, Brooks and Smith who chairs its wage-and-hour practice. "