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Bauer Business Focus

How To Understand New Overtime Regulations Issued By Labor Department

The Labor Department says new overtime regulations are set to come into play at the end of the year.

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Steve Werner in the News 88.7 studio
Amanda Sebesta
Steve Werner is professor of management and chair of the management Department for the Bauer Business School at the University of Houston.

The president recently announced new overtime regulations that will take effect on December 1.

Under the new ruling, the salary threshold of those eligible for overtime will increase.

The Labor Department says it will boost the incomes of 4.2 million workers. But some companies say they can’t afford to pay overtime to all of the newly-eligible employees.

Steve Werner is professor of management and chair of the management Department for the Bauer Business School at the University of Houston. Werner joins News 88.7 business reporter Ed Mayberry on this morning's Bauer Business Focus.

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