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Remember - Washington Overtime Exemption Changes Effective July 1st!

By Nicole C. Elgin

Posted on June 18, 2020

Last year, the Washington Department of Labor & Industries made significant changes to several factors or “tests” that allow employers to classify an employee as salaried exempt. Those changes are effective July 1, 2020.

We wrote about those changes in detail here. While the changes do impact the job “duties test” for the executive, administrative, professional, outside salespeople, and computer professional exemptions, they also affect the state “salary test” by projecting an increase in the minimum salary threshold required for an employee to qualify as exempt. 

Currently, under federal law, a salaried exempt employee must receive at least $684/week ($35,568/year). In contrast to the federal rule, Washington now automatically and incrementally increases the minimum salary threshold based on the number of employees employed by the employer. 

The increases are based on a CPI multiplier, so the increases are estimates at this time. For example, by January 1, 2021, Washington anticipates employers with 51 or more employees will need to pay salaried exempt employees a minimum of $965 per week ($50,180 per year) in order to meet the required salary threshold. Washington’s anticipated salary implementation schedule is available here. 

Employers with employees working in Washington should review their current employee classifications to ensure they are in compliance. Don’t forget – this may apply to some of your employees working remotely from Washington too!
 
For questions on how these changes impact your employees, contact Nicole Elgin at (503) 276-2109 or nelgin@barran.com

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Las Alertas electrónicas son escritas por abogados de Barran Liebman para sus clientes y amigos. Las Alertas no son proveídas como asesoramiento legal, sino solo como anuncios de leyes de empleo, leyes laborales y beneficios de empleo. Si esto ha sido remetido a usted y quisieras empezar a recibir las Alertas directamente, por favor mándanos un correo electrónico o llama a Traci Ray al 503-276-2115. Derechos de autor ©2021 por Barran Liebman LLP.

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