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Proposed 2015 DOL Overtime Rule Change: What #HR Needs to Know

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Although the proposed increase itself is quite substantial, to be fair, the reality is that the minimum salary from 2004 is extremely low relative to today’s labor market. The DOL has suggested that the employee still ‘wins’ even if this occurs, because they may have more time off. How important will this increase be?

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Overtime in Limbo—What Employers Should Do Now (Infographic)

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This means that until further action from the courts, Congress, or the new administration, the minimum salary threshold for the white-collar exemptions will remain where it has been since 2004, at $455 a week. The salary threshold for the highly compensated employee exemption will remain at $100,000 per year.

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HR, Legal Experts Discuss Overtime’s Future

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Whenever an employee brings up compensation, even casually, document that too. From a legal perspective, the DOL rule that has been in place since 2004 is the rule now,” Edelstein noted. Reversing any decisions would be technically lawful even with the employee relations challenge.