Just days before Labor Day, the U.S. Department of Labor unveiled its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, aimed at revising the Fair Labor Standards Act’s overtime exemptions for executive, administrative and professional employees. While the proposal — the cornerstone of which is a minimum salary increase to slightly more than $55,000 per year (up from $35,568) — is more measured than many anticipated, it could still have a massive impact across industries and commands employers’ attention.
