Biden Wants to Increase Salaries for Millions of Americans: Who Qualifies

President Joe Biden’s administration is set to propose a new rule setting up millions more U.S. workers eligible for overtime pay under the Fair Labor and Standards Act.

According to copies of the proposed rule distributed to media outlets Wednesday, the Department of Labor will require employers to pay time-and-a-half to salaried workers making less than $55,000 a year—a number significantly higher than the $35,568 established under the Trump administration in 2019.

“For over 80 years, a cornerstone of workers’ rights in this country is the right to a 40-hour workweek, the promise that…