Today the Department of Labor (DOL) issued information about the final rules increasing the salary minimum for employees covered by the white-collar FLSA exemptions. While the official rules have not been published yet, here are the key points you need to know:

  1. The new minimum salary level will rise to $47,476 or $913 per week
  2. The annual compensation for highly compensated employees will rise to $134,004
  3. The effective date of the changes is Dec. 1, 2016
  4. The salary and compensation levels will automatically rise every three years
  5. Employers may use nondiscretionary bonuses and incentive payments (including commissions) to satisfy up to 10 percent of the new minimum salary level
  6. The rules make no changes to the duties tests
  7. The DOL has a webpage with additional details and fact sheets, which is where the officially-published rules will be posted when available

We will keep you posted on further developments.