--- description: The maximum salary for exemption will double title: Millions More Americans Will Qualify for Overtime image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt95744ebe79e7d040/698858ffe53abaa05e4de699/overtime.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [White House](/tag/white-house/) ## White House Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Millions More Americans Will Qualify for Overtime by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 30, 2015 12:00 AM CUT  An office worker sits working in an empty office An office worker sits working in an empty officeGetty Images by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 30, 2015 12:00 AM CUT Millions more American workers will be eligible for overtime under new eligibility rules to be released Tuesday, according to reports. Under current federal regulations, workers making more than $23,660 are not guaranteed overtime. The new rules will boost that to $50,440, Bloomberg reports. Proponents of the regulation say it would protect workers below the poverty line who are not currently compensated for their work beyond 40 hours per week. Critics say it could cause some businesses to [hire more part-time workers](http://time.com/3915920/barack-obama-overtime-rules/ "undefined") rather than pay their managers overtime. The rules, which received their last major update in the 1970s, are part of a second-term effort by President Obama to help working-class Americans without going through Congress. \[[_Bloomberg_](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06-29/obama-said-set-to-expand-overtime-eligibility-for-millions "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3940889/obama-regulation-overtime/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3940889/obama-regulation-overtime/"},"headline":"Millions More Americans Will Qualify for Overtime","datePublished":"2015-06-30T00:00:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T08:39:13.476Z","description":"The maximum salary for exemption will more than double","url":"https://time.com/3940889/obama-regulation-overtime/","keywords":["White House","Labor","overtime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt95744ebe79e7d040/698858ffe53abaa05e4de699/overtime.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt95744ebe79e7d040/698858ffe53abaa05e4de699/overtime.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"overtime","caption":"overtime","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3940889/obama-regulation-overtime/","name":"Millions More Americans Will Qualify for Overtime"}}]}] ```