HUMAN RESOURCES

New Overtime Rules for 2025

Overview

Starting January 1, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor will implement new overtime rules to ensure fair compensation for employees working more than 40 hours per week. These rules significantly change salary thresholds and expand overtime protections.

Key Points

Increased Salary Threshold
- New Threshold: Salaried workers earning less than $58,656 annually will be eligible for overtime pay.
- Effective Date: January 1, 2025.
Automatic Updates
- Frequency: Salary thresholds will be updated automatically every three years.
- Purpose: To ensure the thresholds keep pace with wage growth and economic changes.
Expanded Protections
- Target Group: Lower-paid salaried workers.
- Impact: Ensures these workers receive fair compensation for overtime work.
Highly Compensated Employees
- Updated Threshold: The rule also includes updates for thresholds specific to highly compensated employees, offering additional protections.

Two new laws are taking effect this year that protect pregnant employees at work, the PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act (otherwise known as the Pump Act) and the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.

The Pump Act went into effect on December 29, 2022, providing additional protections for employees who need to express breastmilk. PUMP requires the vast majority of employers to provide a nursing employee with reasonable time to express breastmilk in a private location (other than a restroom) for up to one year after the nursing child’s birth.

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