By ADP
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently released a final rule that will increase the minimum salary required for administrative, professional and executive employees to be exempt from overtime. The final rule increases the minimum salary requirements first on July 1, 2024 and then again on January 1, 2025. With the first change less than two months away, now is the time to evaluate your options. Here are some guidelines for doing so.
Overview of changes
Effective July 1, 2024, the minimum salary for the administrative, professional and executive exemptions will increase from $684 per week to $844 per week (equivalent to $43,888 per year).
Effective January 1, 2025, the minimum salary required for these exemptions will increase from $844 per week to $1,128 per week (equivalent to $58,656 per year).
Employers continue to be permitted to use non discretionary bonuses, incentive payments and commissions to satisfy up to 10 percent of the minimum salary requirement for the administrative, professional and executive exemptions, as long as these forms of compensation are paid at least annually.
Note: Employees must also satisfy certain duties tests to be classified as exempt from overtime. The final rule didn’t change these duties tests.
Two options
If your exempt administrative, professional and executive employees’ salaries fall below the new federal salary requirement, you will generally either have to:
- Raise their salaries to the new requirement (if you elect this option, review employees’ job duties to ensure they continue to qualify for the applicable exemption); or
- Reclassify the affected employees as non-exempt and pay them overtime whenever they work more than 40 hours in a workweek.
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