What happened?<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Over the last several months, businesses in North Central Massachusetts have been preparing to comply with new overtime rules set to go in effect on December 1, 2016. But last week, a federal judge blocked the new regulations, pausing businesses from having to comply with the law. In short, there are currently no changes to overtime laws. What does this mean?<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n The federal judge’s injunction to this law gives merit to the existing court cases that have challenged the Department of Labor’s new overtime regulations. Basically, the federal judge believed that the lawsuits challenging the new regulations were legitimate cases that should be heard before any regulations are put in place. This decision is not permanent and court decisions could provide a variety of impacts and outcomes for overtime rules.<\/p>\n
\nMany employers have been actively taking steps to change personnel policies surrounding overtime pay, employee classification, and even the way employees perform their job duties. But with this latest decision, those changes may not have been necessary as existing overtime regulations are still in place.<\/p>\n
\nThis means that the salary threshold for overtime exemption is still $23,660 and not $47,476.<\/p>\n