The hospitality industry will indefinitely be severely affected by these new Overtime Laws. Many employers feel they will have no other option than “to reclassify current managerial employees to nonexempt workers under the proposed regulations.” Employers should consider reviewing “their job descriptions to determine whether they accurately reflect employees’ job duties and skills” to best meet overtime exemptions. By performing a “self-audit,” employers will ease the future process of determining whether employees holding “exempt position[s] who currently fall near or below the proposed salary threshold” will need to be reclassified. By creating a plan of action in advance, employers will be able to better “communicate these changes to employees.”

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