Millions More Workers Would Get Overtime Pay in DOL Proposal (1)

More than 3 million workers would be newly eligible for overtime pay when they work more than 40 hours a week, under a new proposal from the US Department of Labor.

The highly-anticipated proposed rule, announced Wednesday by the Biden administration, would expand time-and-a-half pay protections to more workers by changing the exemptions to overtime eligibility under the Fair Labor Standards Act, a change that it says will boost workers’ economic security. But business groups already are pushing back on whether it will achieve those goals.

“We are committed to ensuring that all workers are paid fairly for their hard ...