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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