June 5, 2019

Providers Say Proposed $35,308 Threshold for Overtime Pay is Reasonable

On June 4, 2019 by Kari Thurlow

While expressing a few concerns, Argentum, LeadingAge and other associations representing older adult services called the federal government’s proposed salary threshold of $35,308, under which executive, administrative, professional and certain other employees would be eligible for overtime pay if they work more than 40 hours in a week, reasonable. 

The current threshold, which has been in effect since 2004, is $23,660 ($455 per week).

Both LeadingAge and Argentum agreed that the $35,308 salary threshold seems like a reasonable threshold under the current circumstances but recommended that it not be automatically adjusted every year. Argentum advocated for more time to allow providers to make the necessary adjustments to meet the regulation and raised concerns on the duties test for determining overtime eligibility.

To read more, see Proposed $35,000 threshold for overtime pay ‘reasonable,’ provider groups say, but concerns remain in McKnight’s Senior Living.