The U.S. Department of Labor has announced that on Wednesday, July 26, 2017, it will formally seek public comment on the overtime rule by publishing a Request for Information (RFI).
The overtime rule would have required employers to pay most executive, administrative, and professional employees at least $913 per week in order to exempt them
Aside from proposing potential carve-outs for small businesses under the new overtime rules that go into effect on December 1, 2016 and supporting six weeks of paid maternity leave, President-elect Trump has not discussed in significant detail how, if at all, he plans to address issues involving workers’ rights. However, it is possible to predict
Barring something completely unexpected, the new overtime rules—effectively setting a federal minimum wage of $913 per week ($47,476 per year) for most exempt executive, administrative, or professional employees—will take effect on Thursday, December 1.
That Congressional bill to delay the effective date of the new rules by six months? The President promises to veto