On November 15, a federal court voided the new overtime rule that was going to increase the FLSA salary threshold to $43,888 annually.
Administration Releases New Overtime Rules The Department of Labor has released its long awaited rule updating the regulations governing overtime pay for employees. Under the current regulations, the salary threshold for exemption is $455 per week ($23,660 per year) and the new rules will update...
federal laws for overtime pay which went into effect in summer 2004. According to the new rules, workers who earn less than $455 a week, or $23,660 a year, will now be able to collect overtime pay, regardless of their job classification or duties. The previous salary limit was $155...
The U.S. Department of Labor has declared 4.2 million workers to be newly eligible for overtime pay. The new regulation is positive news for employees — but some companies may try to avoid the extra cost by misclassifying their workers as independent contractors. Here's what employees should...
Pennsylvania’s new overtime rules were finally published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin on October 3, bringing a long-running battle to an end. While companies won’t see an increase in the minimum salary threshold for exempt employees this year, they need to prepare for a 14% increase one ye...
Starting Jan. 1, workers who earn a non-hourly salary of less than $35,568 will be entitled to overtime pay. Presently, the cap is set at less than $23,660 a year. (Another way to look at that is the level will rise from $455 to $684 per week.) Employees will receive time-...
Currently, for an employee to be exempt from overtime pay, they must be earning at least $684/week or $35,568/year. This is known as the Standard Salary Threshold. The new rule, however, will increase the threshold over the coming years: On each of these dates, employees who are paid...
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This is because earlier rules exempt “high-level” workers from overtime, and based this on what was called a “duty test.” Many employers seized on this opportunity to change job descriptions to make it seem as if lower-level employees were performing more expert tasks, thus exempting the...
Effective October 3, 2020, the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) has updated Pennsylvania’s overtime rules to increase the salary threshold for qualifying under the Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Act (PMWA) as an exempt executive, administrative, and professional employee. The rule ...