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Labor/Employment

May 25, 2016

What overtime standards mean for California

On May 18, the U.S. Department of Labor announced its final rule expanding federal overtime pay protections. By Adam KohSweeney

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By Adam KohSweeney

On May 18, the U.S. Department of Labor announced its final rule expanding federal overtime pay protections. The new rule raises the minimum salary requirement to qualify for the white collar exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act. While a notice of proposed rulemaking was published in June 2015, the final rule, set to take effect Dec. 1, 2016, differs in a number of ways from the initial proposed regulations.

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