Unless specifically exempt, workers protected by the FLSA must receive overtime pay. The president asked Secretary Perez to update the “white-collar exemptions” that exclude certain professional, executive and administrative employees from having to be paid overtime. To be exempt from overtime under the “white-collar” exemption, a worker must be paid a guaranteed salary of at least $455 per week, and perform certain job duties.
This exemption was originally intended for well-compensated white-collar employees: doctors, lawyers, CEOs – you get the idea. But as a result of changes in the workplace over many decades, and specifically because the rules have not been updated in 10 years, workers earning as little as $23,660 per year can be denied overtime pay under this exemption.
We will soon issue a proposal to update these rules. The proposal will go through a formal notice and comment process, which gives the public and all interested parties the opportunity to provide input.
via About (Over)time : U.S. Department of Labor Blog.
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