by Girish Anand | Sep 16, 2019 | DOL, Overtime Rules
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB), a White House review agency, has cleared the new overtime rule from the Department of Labor (DOL) that sets the salary threshold for avoiding overtime at $35,308 annually. The rule, which should be published soon, will make...
by Girish Anand | Aug 12, 2019 | DOL, Overtime Rules
The Department of Labor (DOL) is sending its proposed new overtime rule to the White House today for review by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) just five months after initiating the regulatory process. The rule, as initially proposed, would...
by Girish Anand | Mar 22, 2019 | DOL, Overtime Rules
The Department of Labor (DOL) today published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) regarding its overtime initiative in the Federal Register, opening a 60-day window for the public to offer comments, which will end May 21. Earlier this month, the DOL sent a draft of...
by Girish Anand | Mar 7, 2019 | DOL, Overtime Rules
The Department of Labor (DOL) today announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would make more than a million more American workers eligible for overtime, according to its estimates. Under currently enforced law, employees with a salary at or below $455 per...
by Girish Anand | Mar 1, 2019 | DOL, Overtime Rules
With a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) expected this month on new overtime regulations from the Department of Labor (DOL), Bloomberg Law is reporting that the threshold for exemption from overtime pay will rise from the current $23,660 to $35,000 a year. The...
by Girish Anand | Jan 11, 2019 | DOL, Overtime Rules
The long-anticipated rewrite of the Obama-era overtime rule has been submitted to the White House and its Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review prior to the issuance of a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), it has been reported. This Trump-era rule is...
