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Millions More U.S. Workers to Become Eligible for Overtime Pay

HeadlineMay 18, 2016

Here in the United States, millions more workers could become eligible for overtime pay under new regulations being unveiled by the Obama administration today. The rules allow full-time salaried employees to earn overtime if they make up to about $47,000 a year—that’s more than twice the current benchmark. About 35 percent of full-time salaried employees will be eligible to receive time and a half for extra hours, up from the 7 percent who qualify now.

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