Overtime rules are changing in America for millions of salaried workers who currently don't get time and a half no matter how many hours they work per week.
The federal Department of Labor said the change could apply to 46,000 people in Connecticut who are paid salaries instead of hourly wages but whose salaries are now above the threshold at which their employers have to pay them overtime. That threshold is getting higher effective Dec. 1.
Eligible for overtime will be people paid an annual salary of up to $47,476. If you earn more than this, you're exempt from being paid overtime.
"You want to be compensated for the work that you do for any given company and you don't want the employer to be taking advantage of that," said Vlad Rozvadovskiy.
"You want to stay as an hourly employee. I mean working to a certain degree for salary may not really be worth that jump from the sounds of it. Employers are responsible for overtime and salaried workers aren't making that much more money," he said.
No state will see less of an impact from the change than Connecticut, according to Economic Policy Institute. It figures only 16.2 percent of the salaried workforce will see time and a half as a result of the change.
The regulation applies primarily to retail store managers and fast food restaurant managers who may make less per hour than some of the hourly workers they supervise because they get a salary.
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Employers currently don't have to pay salaried managers overtime if they make more than $23,660.
