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Millions of additional salaried workers could get overtime pay under Biden proposal

A Biden proposal would raise the threshold under which salaried workers are eligible for overtime pay — but it could face opposition from business groups. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Millions of salaried workers would be newly eligible for overtime pay under a proposal unveiled by the Biden administration Wednesday, but the draft rule is likely to face pushback from business groups that blocked a similar effort under former President Obama.

The proposed rule would raise the threshold under which workers are automatically eligible for overtime pay to about $55,000 a year, from the current level of about $35,000.

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