The Region MASSACHUSETTS The New Rule Updated Regulations for Determining Whether White Collar Salaried Employees Are Exempt From Overtime [by Douglas A. Troyer, Esq.] On May 18, the U.S. Department of Labor published its final rule ("Final Rule") updating the overtime regulations governing the exemption of executive, administrative, and professional employees from the minimum wage and overtime pay protections. The most significant part of the Final Rule updates the salary and compensation levels required for such employees to 42 CONDOMEDIA be exempt by increasing the standard salary level to ($913 per week or $47,476 annually for a full-time employee). The effective date of the Final Rule is Dec. 1, 2016. OVERTIME EXEMPTION FOR WHITE COLLAR EMPLOYEES The federal Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") and Massachusetts General Laws c. 151, ยง1A mandate that any employee working for longer than 40 hours a week must receive overtime pay at a rate of one and one-and-a-half times their regular rate for their time in excess of 40 hours per week. This would include a typical employee with a responsibility that does not require a specific type of advanced knowledge and that does not consistently require the independent use of the employee's judgment or their discretion.