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SAF Pushes Back on Potential Overtime Rule Changes
With current workforce shortages, supply chain disruptions, and inflation pushing business operational costs higher, the Society of American...
SAF Explains New Federal Overtime Pay Regulations
Starting January 1, 2020, a new Department of Labor rule will make 1.3 million American workers eligible for overtime pay. What does the rule mean...
Labor Issues May Become Prominent in 2019
After two years of little action on labor issues in Washington with Republicans in control of both chambers of Congress and President Trump in the...
How Do the New Overtime Rules Affect Your Business?
The Department of Labor (DOL) has issued new rules that, effective January 1, 2020, will increase the minimum salary that employers must pay...
SAF Offers Suggestions to Department of Labor on Proposed Overtime Rule
As noted previously in Week In Review, the Trump Administration proposed new overtime regulations. Although not nearly as burdensome as the rule...
SAF Offers Suggestions to Department of Labor on Proposed Overtime Rule
SAF and other groups representing small businesses joined together this week to provide comments on a proposed US Department of Labor (DOL) overtime...
SBA Would Like To Hear From SAF Members About The Overtime Rule
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) will host three Small Business Roundtables regarding the Department of Labor’s (DOL’S) proposed...
New Proposed Overtime Rule to Be Published
As noted previously in Week In Review, the Trump Administration will be proposing new overtime regulations. Unlike the Obama Administration’s rule...
Listening Sessions For New Overtime Rule Scheduled
The Department of Labor (DOL) will conduct public listening sessions to gather input about a possible new rule on overtime compensation. The...
Court Strikes Down Overtime Rule
A federal judge in Texas recently struck down the controversial Obama-era overtime rule that would have more than doubled the minimum salary level...
New FLSA Overtime Rule Takes Effect Dec. 1
“Monumental changes” to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) will make more than 4 million currently exempt employees eligible for overtime pay,...