"NEW" Overtime Pay provided by Section 13(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act as defined by Regulations, 29 CFR Part 541.
What are the big changes? Just about anyone who earns less than $23,660 a year will be nonexempt - that is, entitled to time-and-a-half overtime pay - regardless of job title or duties. On the flip side, very few people earning $100,000 or more will be guaranteed extra pay for working more than 40 hours per week. Compared to the previous draft of the new rules, these limits will grant more workers the right to keep collecting overtime pay.
Uncertainty for Middle-Income Earners
For the vast middle group of earners - those making between $23,660 and $100,000 - there's no consensus on which employees will be guaranteed overtime pay.
In some instances, the new regulations are crystal clear. Some occupations are explicitly granted the right to overtime pay. These include police officers, firefighters, other first-responders and better-paid blue-collar workers. Others are specifically exempted from earning overtime, among them administrative assistants, finance industry workers, insurance adjusters, computer programmers, dental hygienists, pharmacists, journalists and funeral directors.