1. The Fair Labor Standards Act: New Overtime Rules
Presented by:
Attorneys Sean T. O’Connell and Karyn P. Forbes
September, 14, 2016

2. Agenda Review of New Overtime Rules Changes in the Rules
How is Your Business Affected
Exemptions
How Business Should Respond

3. What is the Overtime Rule?
Unless exempted, employees covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) must receive pay for hours worked in excess of 40 in a workweek at a rate not less than one and one-half their regular rates of pay

4. The exemptions have not changed
What Is Changing?
Standard salary level increases from $455 per week ($23,660 annually) to $913 per week ($47,476 annually)
Highly compensated employee salary increases from $100,000 to $134,000
The exemptions have not changed

5. Is Your Business Affected?
Are you a covered enterprise?
Is your employee a covered employee?

6. Employee Exemptions
To quality for exemption, an employee generally must:
Be salaried
Be paid more than a specific weekly salary level of $913
Meet duty requirements

7. Specific Employee Duty Exemptions
The Big Three
Executive
Administrative
Professional
Additional Exemptions
Computer
Outside Sales

8. How Should Your Business Prepare?
Review employee salaries and current work classifications
Adjust wages
Adjust hours
Address cultural changes to employee classifications
Review timekeeping procedures and trainings for workers that will become non-exempt.

9. Questions? Sean T. O’Connell soconnell@shaheengordon.com 603-617-3002
Karyn P. Forbes

10. Sean T. O’Connell soconnell@shaheengordon. com 603-617-3002 Karyn P
Sean T. O’Connell Karyn P. Forbes