Exempt Salary Floor

Both the salary basis test and the salary level test are adjusted every three years based on the lowest wage section of the country.

Exempt salary floor. Effective january 1 2020 administrative executive and professional employees salespeople and stem science technology engineering and math employees can be classified as exempt and therefore. Employees who are paid an hourly wage are usually considered non exempt 9 although there are a number of job specific exemptions that apply to certain types of hourly employees like commissioned employees outside salespersons and computer professionals a salary for these purposes is a fixed minimum. Because the salary level is a precise number that number is updated based on the 40 th percentile of pay within the lowest wage sector of the u s. Modifying the salary exempt test.

This new standard sets the floor for all employees who are classified by their employers as exempt from overtime. Today the united states department of labor issued its final rule increasing the minimum salary for a worker to be exempt from overtime compensation under the fair labor standards act flsa effective january 1 2020. On tuesday the u s. For example a salaried employee making 59 000 per year makes the.

Exempt computer employees may be paid at least 684 on a salary basis or on an hourly basis at a rate not less than 27 63 an hour. As mentioned the baseline for. Being paid on a salary basis means an employee regularly receives a predetermined amount of compensation each pay period on a weekly or less frequent basis. Under flsa non exempt employees must earn at minimum the federal minimum hourly wage of 7 25.

Exempt employees stand in contrast to non exempt employees which are paid minimum wage and. Guidelines for exemption from overtime pay requirements. Non exempt salaried employees receive fixed wages for working a determined number of hours weekly. Department of labor issued its final rule concerning overtime exemptions.

Flsa salary threshold increase effective january 1 2020. The rule increases the salary threshold for employees exempt under the executive administrative and professional exemptions the white collar exemptions from 455 per week or 23 660 annually to 684 per week or 35 568 annually. In most cases employees must be paid a salary to qualify as an exempt employee. An hourly rate is calculated based on the salary amount.

Employers with operations outside of new york should also remember that effective january 1 2020 the standard salary level threshold for exempt employees under the flsa will increase from 455 to 684 per week the new salary level is equivalent to 35 568 per year for a full time worker.