WASHINGTON - Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, new rules governing overtime rights for white-collar workers were published in the Federal Register on April 23. The regulations had not been substantially updated for over 50 years. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, this created confusion for workers and employers and failed to protect workers' pay rights.
"The department's new rules guarantee and strengthen overtime rights for more American workers than ever before," said U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao. "When workers know their rights and employers know how to pay workers, everybody wins."