Pennsylvania White-Collar Rule Back in Play as Wage Bill Stalls

December 9, 2019, 9:44 PM UTC

A final rule to update Pennsylvania’s white-collar overtime exemptions was resubmitted Dec. 9 to the state commission.

The panel must approve the rule, which would increase exemptions to $875 from the $455 federal threshold, before it may take effect.

A hearing on the final regulation (Final-Form Regulation 12-106) was scheduled for Jan. 30, 2020, the Independent Regulatory Review Commission said on its website.

The resubmission signals that the minimum-wage bill (S.B. 79) that was presented as an alternative to the final rule was not expected to pass by Dec. 31, 2019.

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