Under the proposed new rules, those earning up to $55,000 would now be entitled to overtime for working more than 40-hours in a given seven-day workweek.
Because this report is issued every two to three years rather than annually, the newest edition was able to evaluate the two 12-month periods immediately preceding and following the COVID-19 shutdown of March 2020.
Bigger businesses in fast food, retail, hospitality and warehousing would have to follow new worker-friendly rules on scheduling under revamped proposal.
The hard economy, higher cost of living, and result of past concessions are prompting Ocean County employees to ask the Board of Freeholders for a pay raise in their union contract.