Punching In: The Latest on Overtime and Epstein

Monday morning musings for workplace watchers

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Chris Opfer: Fire up your typewriter if you’ve got a stake in the overtime debate. The Labor Department raised the curtain on its proposal to expand overtime pay eligibility Thursday, perhaps just a tad earlier than some of us were expecting. The department wants to raise the salary level under which workers are automatically eligible for overtime pay to $35,000 from about $24,000. The proposed rule’s publication in the Federal Register starts the 60-day public comment period.

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