The U.S. Department of Labor will hold an online listening session for Midwest workers, employers and other stakeholders on Friday, May 20, on possible revisions to the regulations that enforce the Fair Labor Standards Act’s minimum wage and overtime exemptions for executive, administrative and professional employees. Employment law attorneys are anticipating that the department will recommend higher salary thresholds for the white-collar exemptions to the rule. If so, more people will be eligible for overtime pay, according to a Society of Human Resource Management article. The FLSA requires employers to pay most U.S. employees at least the federal minimum wage for all hours worked, and overtime pay at not less than time and one-half the regular rate of pay for hours worked over 40 in a workweek. The law, however, provides an exemption from minimum wage and overtime pay for workers employed as “bona fide” executive, administrative or professional employees. In general, to be exempt, employees must meet certain tests regarding their job duties and be paid on a salary basis at not less than $684 per week. “Our goal is to use these sessions to listen, engage the public and hear their perspectives on the possible impact of changes to the regulations,” said Jessica Looman, acting administrator of the Wage and Hour Division. “In today’s competitive labor market, job quality and fair pay are critical to retaining and recruiting the people needed to keep businesses open.” Registration information can be found at this link.