Virtually every employer experienced a bit of anxiety when former President Barack Obama announced on May 18, 2016, that new Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) rules would take effect December 2016. Then, they felt a rush of relief when the changes were placed on hold by the Eastern District of Texas’ court and elated when they learned that the changes would not take place at all.

Earlier this month, the employer adrenaline probably recharged with the March 16 announcement of the proposed rule change set to take place in 2020, if approved.