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Last spring, the Department of Labor announced the minimum salary required for an employee to be considered salaried exempt would jump up from $684 per week to $1,059 per week, or $55,068 per year. This was a two-step process, with the minimum salary jumping to 844 per week ($43,888 annually)
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n July. A Texas federal judge ended all that on Friday, ruling that the Department of Labor had overstepped its bounds and sending the minimum salary for salary exemption back to $684 per week, or $35,568 annually. Employees who are exempt are not eligible for overtime regardless of h
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