The Department of Labor’s new overtime rule significantly increases the number of people who qualify for time-and-a-half pay for any hours they work beyond 40 in a week.
Here is how the new rule will affect workers in Louisiana:
Share of salaried workforce directly benefiting: 24.5%
Number of people directly benefiting:174,000
Share of total salaried workforce covered under new threshold:40.8%
via The new overtime rule will benefit working people in every state.