A federal district court has blocked the US Department of Labor's overtime rule - which would have raised the minimum salary for most overtime-exempt employees to $58,656 - weeks before it was supposed to take effect.
In a new opinion letter, the US Department of Labor (DOL) says business expense reimbursements must "reasonably approximate" an employee's actual expenses to be excluded from their regular rate of pay when calculating overtime.
An additional 3.6 million workers who are currently exempt from the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) will become eligible for overtime unless their employers raise their salaries, the US Department of Labor (DOL) estimates.
The US Department of Labor (DOL) has submitted a draft overtime rule to the White House for a final review - meaning a proposed rule may be out within the next 100 days.
As the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals' ruling in Thompson v. Regions Security Services illustrates, employers may not evade federal overtime requirements by decreasing employees' regular rate of pay as the length of their workweek increases.
Maryland employers that participate in a first-of-its-kind pilot program could receive a significant tax credit if they allow employees to reduce their work to four days per week without any reduction in pay.
The US Department of Labor (DOL) often misses its target dates, so another delay would not be unusual. Conversely, there is nothing stopping the agency from issuing new rules before May, either.
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