Lunch & Learn | Multi-area Chambers Join Forces with WASHRM to Navigate New Salary Thresholds for Exempt Employees.

Lunch & Learn | Multi-area Chambers Join Forces with WASHRM to Navigate New Salary Thresholds for Exempt Employees.
Are you prepared for the shift?



Here is a message from Dr. Dave Miles

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Hosting Chambers are: Front Royal/Warren County Chamber of Commerce, Luray-Page County Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center, Shenandoah County Chamber and Top of Virginia Regional Chamber.

Reason to Gather: To effectively prepare your business for expected changes to new salary thresholds set to start July1, 2024.
New Rules:

• Increases salary threshold (employee must be paid more than this to be exempt from OT, assuming performing duties) in two steps:
  • on July 1 salary threshold goes from current about $36K/year to about $44K/year;
  • on January 1, 2025, salary threshold jumps again to about $58.6K/year (63% increase from current salary threshold)
• Highly compensated employee threshold (used for employees that only meet one of criteria for executive, administrative or professional classifications)
  • goes from current about $107K to about $133K on July 1;
  • and then to about $151K/year on January 1, 2025 (41% increase from current HCE threshold)
• Every three years, each July 1, the salary thresholds are adjusted for inflation with the first adjustment happening July 1, 2027.
• A legal challenge to the regulation is being set up.

Speakers Include: 
Attorney Austin J. Longnecker

Austin J. Longnecker is an associate in the Shuman Law firm's Winchester office. Mr. Longnecker attended law school at West Virginia University, where he graduated with a labor and employment concentration. He was a member of the national Lugar Trial team, the Executive Notes Editor of the West Virginia Law Review, and the President of the Student Bar Association.

Austin Longnecker advises and defends small and large businesses, state actors, doctors, and other professionals from claims and lawsuits before, during, and after litigation.  

HR Professional:
Amber Clayton, SHRM-SCP

Senior Director, Knowledge Center Operations

Amber Clayton is the Senior Director of Knowledge Center Operations at SHRM.  Amber leads a team of HR experts who field an average of 60,000 HR-related inquiries from members a year.  She is frequently sought after as a speaker and expert for webinars, conferences, and media interviews.  Amber co-hosts a podcast called Honest HR.  She is SHRM-certified with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Baltimore.  She also holds specialty credentials in California law, inclusive workplace culture, and workplace investigations.  Prior to joining SHRM in 2011, she had years of HR experience in healthcare and retail.