The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has announced a final rule that will increase access to overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) for approximately 1.3 million workers. The final rule, which comes six months after DOL published a proposed rule in March, is the latest development in a years-long process by DOL, spanning the Obama Administration and the Trump Administration, to modify FLSA overtime regulations. The new rule takes effect on January 1, 2020, giving employers just a narrow window to assess the rule’s impact on their operations. The final rule is available here. DOL has also published a fact sheet that provides an overview of the final rule, available here.
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DOL Proposes to Expand Overtime Protection
By Lindsay Burke on
Posted in Employment
The Department of Labor has proposed a rule (available here) that would significantly increase the minimum salary threshold required to qualify for the FLSA’s so-called “white collar” exemptions for executive, administrative, and professional employees. The finalized rule is expected to take effect in 2016.
The current salary threshold, set in 2004, is $455 per…