Jane Lauer Barker is a partner at the New York labor and employment firm Pitta & Giblin LLP. Jane concentrates in labor, employment, and employee benefits law and litigation and labor union representation. Previously, Barker headed up New York State Attorney General’s Labor Bureau where she oversaw civil and criminal enforcement of state labor laws and handled appellate litigation.
The Labor Department recently announced regulation changes pertaining to overtime pay for employees and their employers. Under these new rules, those who earn salaries of less than $47,476 a year will automatically qualify for overtime pay of time-and-a-half if they work more than 40 hours a week. Once the new rules go into effect on...
