Pennsylvania on track to expand overtime pay eligibility
By MARC LEVY Associated Press
Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration is on the brink of making Pennsylvania one of a handful of states to expand eligibility for overtime pay beyond federal thresholds. The regulation won a final vote Friday from a state board. Wolf, a Democrat, first proposed the regulation two years ago amid a repeated failure to persuade the Republican-controlled Legislature to raise Pennsylvania’s minimum wage. The new overtime regulation is estimated to expand overtime pay eligibility to 82,000 workers in two years earning up to $45,500. It was opposed by business groups. Advocates say the expansion still leaves workers with far less earning power than they had decades ago.