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Overtime
How the Biden administration's overtime proposal could play out
by
Justin Ho
Aug 31, 2023
The proposal would most likely affect low-to-middle income earners in supervisory roles.
Most home care workers are entitled to overtime but might not know it
Nov 24, 2021
A new initiative from the Labor Department aims to up outreach and enforcement related to such issues.
How weak overtime protections contribute to inequality
by
David Brancaccio
, Rose Conlon
and Daniel Shin
Dec 29, 2020
A key number for calculating overtime pay hasn't been adequately updated since 1975 — economists hope that changes.
Some states hike overtime salary threshold higher than Feds
Jan 1, 2020
A new federal salary level for low-paid managers to be eligible for overtime pay kicks in Jan. 1.
1.3 million lower-paid managers to get overtime
Dec 25, 2019
Salaried management workers who earn less than $35,568/year will be entitled to overtime pay starting Jan. 1, 2020.
New overtime rule won't slam employers, say experts
Sep 25, 2019
Many employers are already prepared for the rule change.
New overtime rule covers fewer workers than Obama version
Sep 24, 2019
Had the 2016 rule been instituted, roughly three times more workers would have been covered.
For public good, not for profit.
On punishing schedules, China's tech workers are exhausted
by
Jennifer Pak
Jul 10, 2019
China's tech sector is built on the backs of hard working employees who are often expected to work 12-hour days at a minimum. Some workers are starting to push back.
Employers figuring out the latest twist in new overtime rule: an injunction to halt it
Nov 23, 2016
What can businesses and their employees expect, now that the new rules are on hold?
Federal judge blocks Obama's overtime rule
Nov 23, 2016
New rules from the Department of Labor would make more white-collar workers eligible for overtime pay. Now they're on indefinite hold.