Recent WHDI Activity

The WHDI filed formal Comments to the Department of Labor Supporting the Trump Administration's proposed changes to the regulations governing the fluctuating workweek method of computing overtime.

The WHDI filed formal Comments to the Department of Labor Supporting the Trump Administration's proposed changes to the regulations governing the white collar exemptions to overtime pay.

The WHDI filed formal Comments to the Department of Labor opposing the Obama Administration's proposed changes to the regulations governing the white collar exemptions to overtime pay.

On September 24, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor announced its final rule raising the salary threshold for the “white collar” exemptions to overtime pay. While doing so, the DOL recognized the input provided by the WHDI on the rule as proposed earlier this year. The proposed rule and its supporting materials citing the WHDI’s input can be found at:

https://www.dol.gov/whd/overtime2019/overtime_FR.pdf