One of the cornerstones of the Obama Administration’s labor agenda was a multi-year push to expand the number of employees who are required to receive overtime pay (1.5 times the regular rate of pay) for time worked in excess of 40 hours per week. The Obama Administration’s final regulation was delayed before taking effect, and was recently struck down by a federal court. It is unlikely to ever take effect.
The Trump Administration, however, is also examining the need to update current overtime eligibility requirements with an eye toward expanding the number of employees eligible for overtime pay. Although Trump’s Labor Department is unlikely to be as aggressive as the Obama Administration was (Obama proposed doubling the overtime salary threshold from approximately $23,000 per year to approximately $47,000 per year, with sporadic updates for inflation), it is reasonable to expect some type of update in the coming months....