Number: RL32349
Title: The White Collar Exemptions to Overtime Pay Under Current and Proposed Regulations: An Economic Analysis
Authors: Gerald Mayer, Domestic Social Policy Division 
Abstract: This report is in four parts. The first section describes the policy objectives of requiring employers to pay time-and-a-half for overtime. Next, the report provides an economic framework for analyzing overtime pay and the white-collar exemptions. The report then summarizes both the current and proposed regulations that administer the white-collar exemptions. Finally, using selected demographic, social, and labor market characteristics, the report compares exempt and nonexempt employees under current regulations with employees who may become exempt or nonexempt under certain changes proposed in the revised regulations.
Pages: 28
Date: Updated April 8, 2004