Senate Bill 1123 Summary

• Changes mandatory language from "shall" to "must" throughout the Workforce Opportunity Wage Act section 4a regarding overtime compensation requirements.

• Adds a minimum weekly compensation threshold of $913.00 for the executive/administrative employee overtime exemption; employees earning less than this amount must receive overtime pay regardless of job duties.

• Replaces references to "director of the department of licensing and regulatory affairs" with "commissioner" for rule-making authority to define terms in the act.

• Clarifies agricultural employment exemptions to explicitly include forestry and lumbering operations performed by farmers as incident to farming operations.

• Takes effect 90 days after enactment into law.