BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20161110T193000Z DTEND:20161110T203000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Government Affairs Committee Meeting DESCRIPTION:Overtime Rule:\n\nNew overtime rules requiring some salaried employees to get time-and-a-half compensation for working overtime go into effect Dec. 1. Under the new rules\, salaried employees making less than $47\,476 per year will get time-and-a-half compensation for the time they work more than the regular 40-hour work week. This new threshold more than doubles the current salary level of $23\,660\, and is subject to change again every three years.\n\n \n\nThe new overtime rule applies to any entities or individuals who are subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act. Unlike Title VII or the Americans With Disabilities Act\, both of which apply to companies with 15 employees or more\, the FLSA applies to any enterprise with an annual gross volume of sales or business totaling $500\,000 or more\, plus hospitals\, schools and government agencies\, as well as individual employees engaged in interstate commerce or in producing goods for interstate commerce.\n\n \n\nDon't think your workers are engaged in interstate commerce? Guess again. According to the Department of Labor's eLaws website\, engaging in or producing goods for interstate commerce includes\, among other activities\, using a phone\, fax\, U.S. mail or email to communicate across state lines\; authorizing credit card purchases\; providing security at an airport\; and even performing janitorial work in a bus terminal. And the Labor Department estimates that of the 4.2 million workers the rule will affect\, 1.6 million work for small entities. So your best bet is to assume the rule applies to you\, and get cracking on complying. Come hear how you can prepare and what you should expect from this new rule.\n\n \n\nAlso we will be going over our GNDC Legislative Agenda\, as we prepare for the next legislative session.\n\n\n\n\n\nAgenda \n\n1:30p.m. Introductions\n\n\n Mark Helland\, Policy Vice Chair\, GNDC\n\n \n\n1:35p.m. Overtime Rule How to move forward\n\n\n Angie Ziegler\, Eide Bailly\n\n \n\n2:05p.m. GNDC Legislative Agenda Review\n\nElection Recap\n\n \n\n Andy Peterson\, GNDC\n\n \n\n2:25p.m. Open Discussion Your chance to ask your questions about specific topics \n\n\n Mark Helland\, Policy Vice Chair\, GNDC\n\n \n\n2:30p.m. Adjourn\n\n\n\nNext meeting - December CANCELLED - due to Chamber board meeting X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
\nOvertime Rule:
\nNew overtime rules requiring some salaried employees to get time-and-a-half compensation for working overtime go into effect Dec. 1. Under the new rules\, salaried employees making less than $47\,476 per year will get time-and-a-half compensation for the time they work more than the regular 40-hour work week. This new threshold more than doubles the current salary level of $23\,660\, and is subject to change again every three years.
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\nThe new overtime rule applies to any entities or individuals who are subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act. Unlike Title VII or the Americans With Disabilities Act\, both of which apply to companies with 15 employees or more\, the FLSA applies to any enterprise with an annual gross volume of sales or business totaling $500\,000 or more\, plus hospitals\, schools and government agencies\, as well as individual employees engaged in interstate commerce or in producing goods for interstate commerce.
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\nDon&rsquo\;t think your workers are engaged in interstate commerce? Guess again. According to the Department of Labor&rsquo\;s eLaws website\, engaging in or producing goods for interstate commerce includes\, among other activities\, using a phone\, fax\, U.S. mail or email to communicate across state lines\; authorizing credit card purchases\; providing security at an airport\; and even performing janitorial work in a bus terminal. And the Labor Department estimates that of the 4.2 million workers the rule will affect\, 1.6 million work for small entities. So your best bet is to assume the rule applies to you\, and get cracking on complying. Come hear how you can prepare and what you should expect from this new rule.
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\nAlso we will be going over our GNDC Legislative Agenda\, as we prepare for the next legislative session.
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\nAgenda
\n1:30p.m. &ndash\; Introductions\n\n\n \;
\n1:35p.m. &ndash\; Overtime Rule &ndash\; How to move forward\n\n\n \;
\n2:05p.m. &ndash\; GNDC Legislative Agenda &ndash\; Review
\nElection Recap
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\n2:25p.m. &ndash\; Open Discussion &ndash\; Your chance to ask your questions about specific topics \n\n\n \;
\n2:30p.m. &ndash\; Adjourn
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\nNext meeting  \;- December  \;CANCELLED - due to Chamber board meeting \; LOCATION:GNDC Office 2000 Schafer Rd Bismarck\, ND 58502 -or- Go To Meeting: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/963263925 888.640.7162 or 626.521.0016 Access Code: 963.263.925 UID:e.2286.45 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260407T224513Z URL:http://business.ndchamber.com/events/details/government-affairs-committee-meeting-11-10-2016-45 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR