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Labor Laws In California Overtime In Houston
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1, 2025: 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week, as well as double time after 12 hours in a day. New overtime thresholds will be phased-in as described above until they reach 8 hours per day and 40 hours per week by 2022 (for employers of more than 25 employees) or by 2025 (for employers of 25 or fewer employees).
What is the minimum salary to be exempt in Texas? Texas follows the federal minimum salary threshold established by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) for exempt employees. As of 2024, the federal minimum salary threshold for exempt employees is $844 per week ($43,888 per year).
The minimum salary required for the EAP exemptions from overtime under federal law was set to increase from $844 per week to $1,128 per week on January 1, 2025. However, on November 15, 2024, a federal judge in Texas blocked the minimum-salary increase from taking effect nationwide.
As a refresher, the Final Rule featured three components: (1) an increase to $844 per week (or $43,888 per year) for the EAP exemptions and to $132,964 for the HCE exemption that took effect on July 1, 2024; (2) a further increase to $1,128 per week (or $58,656 per year) for the EAP exemptions and to $151,164 for the ...
State law says that an employee required to work more than 40 hours in a workweek is entitled to compensation for the excess hours, either by: The agency allowing or requiring the employee to take compensatory time off at the rate of 1.5 hours for each hour of overtime.
California has regulations for OT over 8 hours in a day, and then additional for the 7th consecutive day. ( ).
Regular, non-health care employees, are permitted, in California, to work four 10-hour shifts as a regular schedule. These employees will not earn daily overtime for those first 10 hours. This means that employees and employers can come to an agreement to create an alternative workweek.
California has regulations for OT over 8 hours in a day, and then additional for the 7th consecutive day. ( ).