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The Department of Labor issued new rules that

were supposed to take effect on December 1, 2016,

increasing that amount to $913 per week- double the

prior threshold (approximately $47,000 per year). The

Department of Labor estimated that 4.2 million workers

exempt prior to the change would, without some

intervening action by their employers, become newly

entitled to overtime protection.

Just a week before the new rules were scheduled to

take effect, a federal judge in Texas issued an order

prohibiting its enforcement nationwide. At the time of

this writing, that order has been appealed by the

Department of Labor, and is pending before the Fifth

Circuit Court of Appeals. These recent events leave

many employers scratching their heads- some had

already adjusted their compensation policies in response

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