The US Labor Department’s use of Trump-era wage calculations for the first phase of its expansion of federal overtime pay protections creates a potential legal shield for at least part of a policy change destined for court attacks.
The Biden administration’s newly released rule will first increase the salary threshold for overtime eligibility to $43,888 on July 1, up from its current $35,568. That number is scheduled to jump to $58,656 on Jan. 1, meaning workers making less than that amount are automatically owed time-and-a-half wages.
Labor officials said the gradual increase responds to complaints from business groups that an ...
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