Federal Government Issues Final Overtime

Rule Updates

 

The Trump Administration issued its final rule to update federal overtime eligibility standards for Executive, Administrative and Professional - commonly referred to as "white collar" - employees. The changes are scheduled to go into effect on January 1, 2020.

The most significant update is a change to the salary threshold at which an employee may potentially be exempt from overtime pay - the rule calls for increasing the threshold from the current level of $455 to $684 per week (equivalent to an annual threshold salary of $35,568). In recognition of evolving pay practices, the new rule allows for non-discretionary bonuses and incentive payments paid at least annually to satisfy up to 10 percent of the standard salary level. No change is proposed to the so-called duties tests, which define Executive, Administrative and Professional, and the rule does not require automatic salary threshold increases, as had been previously proposed. The rule does increase the "Highly Compensated Employee" exemption from $100,000 to $107,432, however Pennsylvania employers are currently unable to utilize this exemption, as well as others, based on a quirk in state law, which State Senator Lisa Baker is attempting to remedy through S.B. 762.

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Huntingdon Presbyterian Church After Hours Recap

On Tuesday, October 22 the Huntingdon Presbyterian Church hosted a Business After Hours event. The Church members prepared food from their own Church book for guests. One Church member also handmade several items that were given away as door prizes. Guests were taken on a tour and learned some of the history of the congregation and the church.

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