Aug. 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wednesday proposed a new overtime rule guaranteeing overtime pay for 3.6 million workers low-paid salaried workers.
The proposed overtime rule would both restore and extend overtime protections for workers earning less than $1,059 a week, roughly $55,000 per year, who often find themselves exempt from the existing overtime rules despite low pay due to their "management" status.
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"For over 80 years, a cornerstone of workers' rights in this country is the right to a 40-hour workweek, the promise that you get to go home after 40 hours or you get higher pay for each extra hour that you spend laboring away from your loved ones," Acting Secretary Julie Su said. "I've heard from workers again and again about working long hours, for no extra pay, all while earning low salaries that don't come anywhere close to compensating them for their sacrifices."
So the new rule would extend overtime protections to 3.6 million more salaried workers who are currently exempt from overtime rules.
According to the Labor Department, the new rule better identifies which employees are executive, administrative or professional employees who should actually be exempt from overtime regulations.
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