State overtime exempt salary rules have negatively impacted workers in their work hour flexibility, training and promotion opportunities. Since the new rules’ implementation in 2020, the minimum salary threshold has risen by 93%, compared to just a 21% increase in the minimum wage. These high salary thresholds have also jeopardized the ability of nonprofits and main street small businesses to meet their communities’ needs.
A January 15 public hearing was held in the House (do we know the name of the committee) on HB 1184 This legislation would provide a narrow exemption from overtime provisions to ease the burden for small businesses with less than 50 employees and certain nonprofits with fewer than 50 FTE at each location.
The hearing from Wednesday, January 15, can be watched here.