Restoring Overtime Pay Act of 2026

This bill would change federal overtime law so that executive, administrative, and professional employees must earn at least a set salary to be exempt from overtime pay. The salary threshold would start at $45,000 a year and rise each year to $75,000 in 2029. Starting in 2030, it would equal the 55th percentile of weekly earnings of full-time salaried workers nationally and would update every year, and the Secretary of Labor could set a higher threshold. Executive and administrative employees who spend 20 percent or more of their work hours on duties unrelated to executive or administrative work would no longer be exempt. The Bureau of Labor Statistics would publish quarterly earnings data by census region.

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Sponsors

• Bernard Sanders Independent sponsor
• 28 cosponsors