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The U.S. Department of Labor is seeking to make more than a million more workers eligible for overtime by increasing the mandatory salary threshold from $455 to $679 per week ($23,660 to $35,308).
If the salary level change goes through, white-collar employees at colleges and universities who make less than $35,308 a year would be eligible for overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Postdoctoral researchers, librarians, financial aid administrators, admissions officers, coaches and IT workers are among campus workers who could be affected by the new threshold.
The Obama administration had sought to double the salary threshold for the white-collar overtime exemption for executive, administrative and professional workers to about $913 per week ($47,000 annually). College leaders and higher education groups were among many employers who complained about the financial impact of such a change. A federal judge blocked the Obama administration rule shortly before it was to take effect.
