On November 15, 2024, a Federal Judge vacated the Department of Labor’s Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) April 2024 final rule on overtime exemptions. The Department of Labor (DOL) had issued revised regulations on April 23, 2024, that increased the minimum salary threshold for overtime-exempt employees to $844 per week effective July 1, 2024, and to $1,128 per week effective January 1, 2025. The Federal Judge reinstated the minimum salary threshold, which had been in effect since January 1, 2020.
Following the revised overtime rule that had taken effect on July 1, 2024, all non-faculty, non-student academic appointees in research or administrative positions must earn at least $844 per week to remain exempt. Those who did not meet both the salary threshold and the duties test were reclassified to non-exempt status and overtime eligible.
With the reinstatement of the January 1, 2020, minimum salary threshold, and following consultation with Systemwide Labor Relations, the University has decided to retain the $844 per week threshold that was put into effect on July 1, 2024. Faculty, including lecturers, as well as other teaching titles, will continue to be unaffected by this rule regardless of how much they earn because the minimum salary threshold does not apply to those who have the primary duty of teaching and imparting knowledge.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact your respective AP analysts.
To view the original communication about the 2024 FLSA threshold increase, refer to this link: https://ap.uci.edu/2024/06/12/flsaupdates2024/.
Thank you,
Office of Academic Personnel