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Key Takeaways New salary threshold for overtime eligibility.

Department of Labor issued a new final overtime rule on April 23, many organizations and their HR teams quickly gathered to discuss changes under the rule and what steps they should take to comply.

In a test of the FLSA overtime rule, the Supreme Court ruled that highly compensated employees can be eligible for overtime pay if they are paid on a daily basis instead of salaried.

Key Takeaways Overtime rule delayed.

Timekeeping strategies, tracking overtime hours and updating software as well as personnel changes such as new job descriptions or adjusted processes for employees unused to tracking time worked should be considered.

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Presidential election last November, one of the actions businesses anticipated was the death and burial of the greatly expanded overtime pay protections that the Department of Labor (DOL) championed under then-President Joe Biden.

He also explained the challenge to the Obama overtime rule failed because the DOL’s effort was not consistent with the statute, as it effectively eliminated the complex “ duties test ” as a consideration for overtime eligibility.

A Closer Look at Overtime Compensation as an Issue During a Sept. 12, 2024, campaign stop in Tucson, Ariz., Trump pledged to eliminate taxes on overtime pay, saying such legislation could bring financial benefits to U.S. workers and provide more Americans with “an incentive to work.”