New Overtime Rules Taking Effect July 1, 2024 – What this Means for Churches
The Department of Labor has issued final rules which will update the earnings thresholds to exempt management, administrative, or professional employees effective July 1, 2024. Churches are not exempt from these rules.
The only real change to the rules is the salary threshold below which everyone must be paid overtime. The new rule has increased that from the current $35,568 annually to $43,888 annually on July 1, 2024. Further, effective January 1, 2025 the new threshold will go up again to $58,656 annually. Read more.