Recently, the Federal Department of Labor (DOL) announced its new proposed overtime rule. The DOL is proposing to raise the overtime threshold from the current level of $23,600 ($455/week) up to $35,308 ($679/week).

In 2016, President Obama’s overtime proposal would have taken the threshold to $47,476 ($913/week), and Governor Wolf’s 2018 proposal would take it to $47,892 ($921/week). Unlike previous proposals, the rule is not expected to include an automatic escalator.

More information about the proposed rule is available online. The DOL encourages any interested members of the public to submit comments about the proposed rule electronically at this website, in the rulemaking docket RIN 1235-AA20. Once the rule is published in the Federal Register, the public will have 60 days to submit comments for those comments to be considered.

Questions, please contact Jack Phillips, Director of Government Affairs.