Client Alert: Changes to Overtime Rule Will NOT Go into Effect December 1, 2016
Yesterday a Federal Court in Texas entered a nationwide injunction which put a hold on the new Fair Labor Standards Act reforms that would have taken effect on December 1, 2016. As a reminder, the new rule would have increased the salary threshold required for exempt employees from $23,660 to $47,476 per year. Employees not at this salary threshold, regardless of their duties and responsibilities, would either need to be reclassified as non-exempt or have their salary level increased to $47,476 to maintain exempt status on December 1, 2016.
The injunction is not permanent so the future of the proposed changes is uncertain. But for now, employers do not have to comply with the new salary threshold for exempt employees by December 1, 2016. If you have any questions, please contact your Hutchison attorney.
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