Implementation of the new standards, which increased the salary threshold under the FLSA for classifying workers as exempt whitecollar employees, was enjoined by U.S. Judge Amos Mazzant III of the Eastern of District of Texas on November 22, 2016, after 21 states and various business groups f...
The rule also proposes automatic increases to the overtime salary threshold every three years to reflect current earnings data. Under the FLSA, almost all U.S. hourly workers are entitled to overtime pay after 40 hours a week, at no less than time-and-half their regular hourly rates. But...