Answer / Gireesh Chandra

The Department of Labor (DOL) increased the standard salary level for exempt employees from $455 per week ($23,660 annually) to $684 per week ($35,568 annually). Additionally, HCEs (highly compensated employees) now qualify as exempt if they earn at least $107,432 per year.

How is overtime pay determined?

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Who is entitled to the minimum wage and overtime pay under the FLSA?

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Is there an exemption for non-profit organizations from either the FLSA or the Department's overtime regulations governing white collar workers?

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If the effective date is December 1st, what does this mean for businesses where the pay period begins on Monday the 28th? How do they manage this?

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My job title is manager. Am I exempt from overtime pay?

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Must employees earning below the new level be converted to hourly pay?

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Who is covered by the FLSA? Are employees of small businesses covered?

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What options are available to recipients of Federal financial assistance to respond to the U.S. Department of Labor’s final rule on overtime effective December 1, 2016?

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Why is the Department revising its overtime regulations for white collar workers now?

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Where can I review comments submitted in response to the Department's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)?

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Why is the Department setting the standard salary level at the 40th percentile of weekly earnings for full-time salaried workers in the lowest wage Census Region and not on national data as proposed?

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Define FLSA?

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