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Final Overtime Rules Raise Exempt Salary Threshold 65%

InterWest Insurance Services

Department of Labor has issued a final rule increasing the federal salary threshold for overtime exemptions by 65%, with the full increase starting in 2025. A salaried bona fide executive, administrative or professional employee must earn that amount or more if an employer wants to exempt them from federal overtime requirements.

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DOL Proposes Massive Increase in Overtime Pay Threshold

InterWest Insurance Services

Department of Labor has issued its long-awaited proposed changes to the nation’s overtime rules for American workers, proposing to increase the threshold for exempt status by more than 50% to $55,000. You’ll also have to put in place systems for tracking their hours worked, including overtime.

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Overtime Calculation in UAE

Bayzat

The payroll function of any company is crucial, and the calculation of overtime pay before processing employee payments is an essential aspect of it. In the United Arab Emirates (UAE), there are specific laws and regulations that govern how employers should handle overtime pay for their employees. How to Calculate Overtime in the UAE?

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US Supreme Court Rules Highly Compensated Employee Is Not Exempt from Overtime

McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

Hewitt that an employee who was paid nearly $1,000 each day he worked was not exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and therefore owed overtime for the work he did.

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Tenth Circuit Compels Arbitration in Overtime, Joint Employer Case

McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

The post Tenth Circuit Compels Arbitration in Overtime, Joint Employer Case appeared first on EMPLOYEE BENEFITS BLOG. According to this Law360 article, the Tenth Circuit ruled that the inspector was trying to play “fast […].

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Is Paying Your Employees Overtime Mandatory?

Abel HR

In this blog’s infancy, we discussed a question that comes up regularly as we talk to clients, which is, do I have to pay my employees overtime? In general, whether a person is eligible for overtime is decided by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). So let’s break it down: Who is eligible for overtime?

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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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