New Overtime Rule
- Jul 23, 2024
- 1 min read
Good morning,
I had a meeting with the HR team at the college yesterday and they informed me a recent update to the Fair Labor Standards Act, as of July 1, 2024, states any employee making over $44,388 in annual salary is now considered an exempt employee and cannot earn overtime or compensation time. This means NONE of my police officers now qualify for overtime or compensation time. Two questions:
Has anyone else been informed of this change in the law?
Is any other college or university PD being forced to forfeit overtime or compensation time to your police officers?
I appreciate your assistance in this matter.
Chief Chad Leveritt
Brazosport College
I don't think that is correct....perhaps out of context for something far more specific?
Good morning,
There is conflict between the DOL language and our everyday lingo.
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/overtime/rulemaking
https://blog.dol.gov/2024/04/23/what-the-new-overtime-rule-means-for-workers - I think the biggest element is meeting the exemption criteria -
This exemption, typically referred to as the “EAP” exemption, applies when:
1. An employee is paid a salary,
2. The salary is not less than a minimum salary threshold amount, and
3. The employee primarily performs executive, administrative or professional duties.
I will be working with the TACUPA Board of Directors to see if we can get a short webinar/workshop out to our membership soon.
Best Regards,
Mike Smith, President
TACUPA
This info is on the US Dept. of Labor website (Fact Sheet #23):
NOTICE: The U.S. Department of Labor final rule, Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees, takes effect on July 1, 2024. The final rule updates and revises the regulations issued under section 13(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act implementing the exemption from minimum wage and overtime pay requirements for executive, administrative, and professional (EAP) employees. Revisions include increases to the standard salary level and the highly compensated employee total annual compensation threshold, and a mechanism that provides for the timely and efficient updating of these earnings thresholds to reflect current earnings data. The information on this webpage will be…
First I am hearing of this. I am reading it as you need a specified salary. I know most agencies list a "salary" in recruiting but up until LT are still considered hourly.
Final Rule: Restoring and Extending Overtime Protections | U.S. Department of Labor (dol.gov)
Pat Bush
UT Arlington