which raises the salary threshold level for the various overtime exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). The DOL explained in anews releasethat this Rule would expand overtime protections “to lower-paid salaried workers.” As set forth below, the Rule...
DOL Releases Final Overtime Rule Doubling the Salary Exemption ThresholdJennifer L. Curry
In November 2023, NRF submittedcommentsto DOL opposing its proposed rule on overtime regulation. Additionally, NRFcommissionedOxford Economics to analyze the economic effects if implemented, which found that the proposed rule could impact more than 7.2 million workers. As the leading authority and voic...
”said American Hotel & Lodging Association President & CEO Chip Rogers. “Yet another increase to the overtime threshold would create negative economic impacts for hotel workers and employers alike. We cannot afford a massively disruptive
An effort by the Obama administration to raise the salary threshold of the overtime test to $47,476 was blocked in federal court in 2017. The Texas-based U.S. district court found that the Obama-era salary threshold was so high that it made the job duties portion of the exemption test...
The decision vacated the 2024 DOL overtime rule in its entirety, including the EAP and HCE threshold increases that went into effect on July 1, 2024, and the part of the rule that would have adjusted the salary thresholds every three years ba...
US DOL Doubles the Minimum Salary Threshold for Exemptions from OvertimeJoshua F. Alloy