FLORIDA: According to a Florida Chamber of Commerce report on employment and wage salaries by occupation in Leon County, the average hourly wage in Tallahassee was $19.93 in 2013 compared to the national hourly average of $22.33.
Under the Fair Labor Standards Act to Domestic Service, President Barack Obama’s proposed rule raises the minimum salary threshold to $50,440 annually or $970 per week for employees qualified to receive overtime wages. That more than doubles the current threshold of $23,660.Obama is expected to hold a press conference today explaining the merits for increasing the outdated 1975 rule.
“The major effect of this Final Rule is that more domestic service workers will be protected by the FLSA’s minimum wage and overtime provisions,” according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s final rule fact sheet..
