A majority of colleges will proceed with at least some of the changes they’d planned to comply with a new federal rule on overtime pay that was blocked last month by a federal judge, according to a survey of 495 institutions by the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources.
The new rule, which had been expected to take effect on December 1, would increase the pool of employees eligible for overtime pay, from those earning up to $23,000 annually to those earning up to a threshold around $47,000. Colleges spent much of the past year identifying which of their employees would become eligible for overtime pay under the new rule, and how to budget for those changes accordingly.
But when the judge blocked the rule, saying the Labor Department had exceeded its authority and ignored the intent of Congress in issuing the policy, colleges were left with a few options: Move forward with changes they’d planned to comply with the rule, or delay them.
Read more at The Chronicle of Higher Education: http://www.chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/most-colleges-will-change-overtime-policies-despite-judges-blocking-of-new-rule/116126