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New Overtime Rules – What You Need To Know!

Affinity HR Group

Non-exempt employees must be paid at least minimum wage for all hours worked and overtime for more than 40 hours worked in a work week. To review the various white collar exemptions, search online for DOL Factsheet #17. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), administered by the U.S.

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Expert Q&A: Understanding the DOL’s Overtime Rules

HR Digest

Under the new proposal, people earning a salary level of $679 for 40 hours per week (about $35,308 annually), will be eligible for overtime pay based on varied duties. This threshold has been raised from the previous limit of $455 per week of 40 hours, which was set in 2004. Hence, the new proposals. It is estimated that 1.3

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Equivalence (for women)

HR Examiner

“While looking at the issue of gender pay equity for work purposes I thought it seemed unnecessarily complex. I asked the eldest of my three daughters what she knew, and she answered that she understood women were paid less than men, but that she couldn’t readily explain why.” ” – Dr. Chris Andrews. Choose wisely.