The average recommended premium rate for 2023/24 is set at 1.727 per cent of total wages (down from the previous year's 1.822 per cent). The recommended premium rates were published today in a Special Government Gazette and will come into effect from 4pm on 30 June 2023.
Some employers are now changing their hourly employees over to salary, and doing so is legal if done properly. Switching back is legal, too, again provided it is done legally. Recent changes are due in many cases to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)'s overtime rule, which started in January 2020.
Effective July 1, 2024, the salary threshold will increase to the equivalent of an annual salary of $43,888 and increase to $58,656 on Jan. 1, 2025. The July 1 increase updates the present annual salary threshold of $35,568 based on the methodology used by the prior administration in the 2019 overtime rule update.