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Proposed 2015 DOL Overtime Rule Change: What #HR Needs to Know

HR Bartender

Department of Labor (DOL) published its proposed changes to the overtime regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The overtime rule changes are significant and fall into two categories: salary basis and primary duties test. My thanks to Jonathan for sharing his knowledge on the overtime rule changes.

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Feds increase overtime threshold for 2020

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What HR needs to know about the Department of Labor’s final overtime rule. The Department of Labor has released a final rule increasing the wage threshold for employees eligible for overtime to $35,568 per year, or $684 per week, beginning in 2020.

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Overtime threshold rising to $35,568 on Jan. 1

Business Management Daily

The white-collar overtime threshold will increase to $35,568 on Jan. million more Americans eligible for overtime pay. The new threshold represents a 50% increase over the current threshold of $23,660, which was established in 2004. The post Overtime threshold rising to $35,568 on Jan. That equals weekly pay of $684.

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The 2016 #FLSA Overtime Changes: What #HR Needs to Know

HR Bartender

Department of Labor (DOL) about changes to the overtime rule in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA.) Last summer, I spoke with Jonathan Segal , a partner with the law firm Duane Morris LLP regarding the proposed overtime rule changes to the minimum weekly salary requirement and the primary duty test. What if you can’t keep up?

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DOL Issues New Proposal on Overtime Exemptions

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Under the proposal, the minimum salary level for the “white collar” overtime exemptions would increase from $455 to $679 per week ($35,308 per year). The FLSA contains certain exemptions to the overtime payment requirements. On November 22, 2016, however, a federal court ruled that the 2016 final rule was unenforceable.

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New DOL Overtime Regulations Effective January 1, 2020

AssuredPartners

And, for the first time in 15 years, American workers will see an update to the FLSA overtime regulations that will in turn place overtime compensation into the pockets of more than a million working American people. Department of Labor | Final Rule: Overtime Update. It is estimated that up to 1.3 It is estimated that up to 1.3

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How to Prepare for the New White Collar Overtime Requirements

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Department of Labor (DOL) seeks greater protection for certain lower-paid executive, administrative and professional (“white collar”) employees who are currently exempt from overtime, though likely work more than eight hours a day (in select states) or forty (40) hours each week. If not, the employer must prove that they are exempt.