White House proposes sweeping changes to overtime rules

As many business owners already know overtime rules are traditionally pretty standard. There are two basic principles: One, if you pay more than a very low threshold in salary per year (23,660). And, your employee performs executive, administrative tasks, or is a special class of worker called a professional worker then this employee would not be subjected to the overtime rules.

Under the changes proposed and to be ruled on in 2016, the Department of Labor is suggesting some large and sweeping changes. First, the pay threshold to avoid paying overtime would be increased to $50,440 and be adjusted for inflation thereafter. Second, there would be more restrictive rules on which types of jobs would qualify as executive, administrative and professional workers. These changes are estimated to affect nearly 5 million workers in the US. Since this is a short-story format. I cannot include all the information that has been proposed. For this reason, if you need more information, click here.

Normally, we are not in the business of reporting or commenting on proposed changes, however the information contained in this proposal is very significant. If you have any questions about overtime rules, or the proposed changes, feel free to reach out to us.