WEEKLY EDITION OCTOBER 2, 2019
La bor Depa rt ment Issues Fi na l O ver ti me R ule
The Department of Labor on September 24
issued a final rule that will make overtime pay
available to 1.3 million additional workers.
The new rule , which will take effect January 1,
2020, will raise the annual salary level at which
companies will have to pay overtime to exempt
workers from $23,660 to $35,568. Workers
earning less than that amount annually will be
paid time and a half for working over 40 hours
per week. The overtime rule was last adjusted
in 2004.
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Tip s on Dr iv er Sa fety
By Karleen Kos, PSAI Executive Director
Everyone in the portable sanitation industry
knows that good drivers are worth their weight
in gold. Finding them, training them, and
keeping them safe are essential to the success of
your business. Sometimes "accidents happen"
as the old saying goes. Whether they are
inevitable, though, is a whole different questio n.
One thing we know for sure is that most, if not
all, are avoidable.
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