Government,
Administrative/Regulatory
Jul. 12, 2017
Bill is an opportunity killer
The governor should veto AB 1565, which would increase the threshold for being exempt from overtime requirements.
James J. McDonald Jr.
Regional Managing Partner, Irvine
Fisher & Phillips LLP
Phone: (949) 851-2424
Email: jmcdonald@laborlawyers.com
James is author of "California Employment Law: An Employer's Guide."
Last year, the U.S. Department of Labor announced a long-awaited regulation that aimed to raise the minimum salary threshold necessary for workers to be considered exempt from overtime requirements under the federal "white collar" (executive, administrative and professional) overtime exemptions beginning Dec. 1, 2016. The proposed increase would have more than doubled the salary threshold from the current $23,660 to $47,476 annually. Only days before the new rule woul...
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