More feds could get overtime pay with new rule

Federal Times: Federal employees are wondering whether they would be included under a new rule to provide overtime pay for more workers being proposed by the Obama Administration.

The proposed rule would increase the threshold for salaried workers eligible to receive overtime pay from the current standard of $455 a week to $970 a week, or approximately $50,440 a year. The rule would also peg the threshold to consumer indexes to keep up with inflation.

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