The Department of Labor has issued a technical amendment removing the 2024 revisions to the white-collar overtime regulations. It restores the salary thresholds adopted in 2019, including the weekly $684 salary level for exemption as an executive, administrative, or professional employee and the annual $107,432 threshold for highly compensated employees. The amendment implements federal court decisions vacating the Biden-era rule and follows DOL’s recent dismissal of pending appeals challenging those rulings.
The technical amendment does not change current compliance obligations but simply aligns the regulatory text with court rulings that are already in effect. However, employers should be mindful that several states require higher salary levels than the federal exemptions.
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