More than 250,000 workers in Washington will get overtime pay under new labor policy

Washington state will phase in new overtime rules starting next year that will make hundreds of thousands of salaried workers eligible for overtime pay. The new rules, which will begin July 1, 2020, and be fully implemented by 2028, are among the strictest overtime policies in the nation. Beginning July 1, if you make $675 a week ($35,100 a year) or less, you'll qualify for overtime pay (time-and-a-half), according to the state Department of Labor and Industry. The minimum salary to be exempt from overtime will increase incrementally until 2028 when it is expected to reach about $1,603 a week (about $83,356 a year) for an overtime exempt worker, or 2.5 times the minimum wage.