USA TODAY: New order would increase the number of workers who can receive overtime pay.
USA TODAY: New order would increase the number of workers who can receive overtime pay.
A new Labor Department rule that could come as early as this week would increase the current overtime threshold — $23,660 per year — to as much as $52,000, meaning millions more workers would be eligible for time-and-a-half pay, Politico reports.
Congressional Republicans and business groups are poised to oppose the rule, saying employers will simply reduce hours for workers or refuse to hire people at all.
