salaried workers

Economy
National

Biden's overtime rule was struck down. Now some workers are losing pay raises

7:00am December 16, 2024

The overtime rule would have made more than 4 million workers newly eligible to earn overtime on Jan. 1. Then a federal judge in Texas said the Biden administration had gone too far.

A Biden proposal would raise the threshold under which salaried workers are eligible for overtime pay — but it could face opposition from business groups.

Economy
Politics & Government

Millions of additional salaried workers could get overtime pay under Biden proposal

3:40pm August 30, 2023

by Scott Horsley

A proposal from the Labor Department would make an estimated 3.6 million salaried workers newly eligible for overtime pay. It covers workers earning less than $55,000 per year.