Overtime Rule Blocked In Federal Court…
The Department of Labor’s overtime rules, that were set to go in effect on December 1, 2016, have been blocked in Federal Court. This decision does not delay the overtime rule indefinitely. It is possible that additional legal action could result in the overtime rule taking effect.
This new regulation (which has been halted) will make the following changes to existing federal overtime rules:
- Guarantee time-and-half pay to any salaried employee earning under $47,476 a year ($913 a week) and who works more than 40 hours in a week. That’s double the current salary threshold of $23,660 ($455 a week).
- Starting Jan. 1, 2020, automatically update the salary threshold every three years, tying it to the 40th percentile of full-time salaried workers in the lowest-income Census region (currently the South). Based on current wage trends, the DOL projects a salary threshold of more than $51,000 by Jan. 1, 2020.
- Make no changes in the duties tests used to determine whether a salaried employee above the threshold is considered an executive, administrative or professional employee – thus exempt from overtime pay.
- For the first time, allow certain bonuses and incentive payments to count toward up to 10 percent of the new salary level.
For more information please visit here: Overtime Rule Blocked in Federal Court: Will Not Take Effect
