The U.S. Department of Labor on Sept. 24 issued a final overtime rule, updating the standard for overtime pay eligibility under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and scaling back a rulemaking issued under the previous Administration. Notably, the Labor Department鈥檚 final overtime rule includes nearly all of NATSO’s recommendations for improving the rule.
09-25-2019 黑料社区urged the Department of Labor (DOL) to refrain from making dramatic changes to the Overtime Rule that would expand the universe of employees eligible for overtime pay, arguing that significant changes to the salary threshold and duties test would harm the very employees that they are designed to help. The Trump Administration is reexamining the rules governing overtime pay in the wake of the Obama Administration’s effort recently being struck down by a federal court.
09-27-2017 A federal judge in Texas on August 31 invalidated the Obama Administration’s controversial rule expanding the number of employees that are entitled to overtime pay. The focus of the judge’s opinion was the fact that the rule — which would have increased the minimum salary threshold for overtime pay from approximately $23,000 per year to approximately $47,000 per year — insufficiently considered whether employees actually perform “white collar” jobs and thus should be exempt from overtime.
09-01-2017 Labor Department Secretary Alexander Acosta testified at a recent Congressional hearing that he plans to review the overtime rule involving exempt salaried employees.
The Obama Administration sought to increase the minimum salary required for overtime-exempt employees to $47,476 annually for full-time employees from $23,660. However, a federal judge in November 2016 issued a nationwide injunction against the DOL’s regulation expanding the number of workers who would be eligible for overtime pay.
06-20-2017 In a stunning decision, a federal judge in Texas issued a nationwide injunction against the Department of Labor’s (DOL) regulation expanding the number of workers who would be eligible for overtime pay. The regulations would have dramatically increased the salary threshold for exempt employees to $47,476 per year from $23,660. The new rules were scheduled to take effect on Dec. 1.
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