Looks like the Pennsylvania overtime rule is back

Straight from the Department of Nothing Can Ever Be Simple - looks like the Pennsylvania overtime regs are back in business. To refresh your memory (or in the event that you haven't been following this debacle):

• The United States Department of Labor issued a new overtime rule, raising the minimum salary threshold for the white collar exemptions to $684/week; 

• Meanwhile Pennsylvania decided it was going to pass its own rule that would raise that minimum threshold to $780/week in 2021, and $875/week in 2022; 

• But then, it looked like there was a compromise that would raise the minimum wage in PA but keep the overtime threshold at the federal level of $684/week. 

The Governor warned that if the compromise legislation didn't move forward in January, then the new overtime regulation was comin'. The compromise legislation didn't move forward, so guess what? The Independent Regulatory Review Commission approved the new reg on January 31, 2020. 

It's not quite a done deal yet - but it's heading in that direction. We may see some judicial or legislative roadblocks before this is all said and done. 

HT: Eric Meyer - Oh, it’s back on in Pennsylvania as new salary-level test hikes are approved.