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In 2016, then-President Barack Obama asked the Labor Department to overhaul federal overtime rules and raise the salary threshold to $47,476 a year, or $913 a week. That would have roughly doubled ...
In 2016, the Obama administration issued new rules that raised the overtime threshold to $47,476, which were to be revised every three years. ... of Department of Labor data by the National Bureau ...
A 2016 effort by the Obama administration was scuttled in court just days before it was set to take effect. Because the new overtime rules won't take effect until July 1, groups have time to study ...
FLSA: The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is the federal law commonly known for minimum wage, overtime pay, child labor, recordkeeping, and special minimum wage standards applicable to most private and public employees. FLSA provides the agency with civil and criminal remedies, and also includes provisions for individual employees to file ...
Department of Labor poster notifying employees of rights under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 29 U.S.C. § 203 [1] (FLSA) is a United States labor law that creates the right to a minimum wage, and "time-and-a-half" overtime pay when people work over forty hours a week.
The new rule also expands overtime eligibility for some highly-compensated workers. According to a Labor Department FAQ , the current $107,432 annual threshold for highly-compensated workers is set to increase to $132,964 on July 1 and $151,164 by the start of 2025.
Encino Motorcars v. Navarro, 579 U.S. ___ (2016), 584 U.S. ___ (2018), was a Supreme Court of the United States case addressing overtime pay. [1] Specifically at issue is whether automotive service advisors are eligible for overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The case had been heard twice by the Supreme Court.
Some 3.6 million salaried workers would newly qualify for overtime pay under a proposed rule unveiled by the US Department of Labor on Wednesday. It would guarantee overtime pay of at least time ...