Federal Overtime Rule and Municipal Governments

The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FSLA”) has long applied to state and local governments. Recently the Department of Labor adopted its final overtime rule updating the salary level required for the executive, administrative, and professional (“white collar”) exemption to ensure that the FLSA’s intended overtime protections are fully implemented. The salary threshold under which most white collar workers are entitled to overtime was raised from $455 a week ($23,660 for a full-year worker) to $913 a week ($47,476 for a full-year worker), effective December 1, 2016.

Before this rule goes into effect, municipal employers should assess which employees will be affected, and how the employer will want to respond. Join NHMA’s Legal Services Council, Stephen C. Buckley, and Thomas M. Closson, attorney with Jackson Lewis, a highly regarded firm specializing in labor and employment law, to learn more about what these overtime rule changes may mean for you.

This webinar is open to members of the New Hampshire Municipal Association.