DOL releases new overtime threshold: Key info for payroll Ready to jump from $23,660 to 35,305 per year? Finally! After several delays, the Dept. of Labor (DOL) has announced a proposed OT threshold. In a new Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, the DOL set an updated standard salary level to determine who must be paid overtime. [...]
It’s 1.5 times regular pay now, but countdown will soon begin In Massachusetts, retail employers are saying a slow goodbye to overtime pay for Sunday and holiday work. Here’s what you need to know, with the following changes occurring on January 1: 2019 – 1.4 times regular pay 2020 – 1.3 times regular pay 2021 [...]
Interpretation of FLSA in employers’ favor It’ll now be a little easier to figure out whether certain employees are exempt from OT, thanks to a recent Supreme Court decision that changes the way companies can interpret the Fair Labor Standards Act (FSLA). More good news: the decision will likely give employers better footing [...]
DOL’s $47,476 salary threshold too high The 2016 overtime rule has been stopped in its tracks by a federal judge. That means Payroll no longer has to worry about a sudden, sharp increase in the number of employees needing to be paid time-and-a-half. If you already had this number memorized -- $47,476 – [...]
Be prepared to show the overall impact isn’t a negative one There’s a common, and understandable, line of thinking that rounding nonexempt employees’ hours to a set time works because their hours will even out over time. But this practice has come under scrutiny, warned Tammy McCutchen, attorney and former administrator of [...]
The hits keep coming for the Dept. of Labor’s (DOL) overtime rule changes – and that means it’ll stay business as usual in Payroll, at least for few more months. The Dept. Of Justice has requested to have until May 1, 2017, to both review an appeal of the rule change and give [...]
The pressure's on for final rule from the DOL Be on the lookout: The revised overtime regs may be finalized by May 16, 2016. Otherwise, they risk being overturned in 2017 when there's a new President and new Congress, the Congressional Research Service said in a recent reports. Agency rules issued toward the end of [...]
A common practice can cause payroll headaches Any day now, the Dept. of Labor is expected to publish a Request for Information on using electronic devices outside of scheduled work hours. In the meantime, a federal court has weighed in on the issue. The court said an employer didn't have to pay overtime to employees [...]
New Overtime Regulations Will Result In Many More Workers Becoming Entitled To Overtime On May 18, 2016, President Obama announced the publication of the U.S. Department of Labor's final rule ("Final Rule") updating the overtime regulations, and providing that employees who earn less than $47,476 annually will be entitled to overtime. The federal Fair Labor [...]
Salary threshold increasing to $913 per week The new overtime regs are here, and so are big changes for Payroll practitioners trying to comply with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). For employees to be exempt from the overtime provisions of the FLSA, their wages will need to be at least $913 per week. That [...]
