Overtime Pay: How Many Americans Will Be Affected By Labor Department’s New Rules Up For Debate

The Obama administration on Wednesday implemented a rule change that could have a greater impact on ordinary Americans’ wages than any executive action of the last eight years, extending mandatory overtime pay to a broad swath of American workers.

In effect, that means a pay raise for millions of employees around the country, from food service managers to postdoctoral researchers to — full disclosure — salaried journalists.