Employment Alert! The Department of Labor Extends Overtime Pay to 1.3 Million American Workers.
On September 27, 2019, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued its final rule modifying previous overtime exemptions to the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). The final rule will go into effect on January 1, 2020. It will increase the minimum salary that employees must be paid to qualify for certain white-collar and highly compensated exemptions. The new thresholds account for inflation and…