5. Do not use the percent sign or dollar sign. Spell out dollar or percent. That goes for the & (ampersand and) symbol too. If you think your book is ready for a publisher, you need to review the basics above, put them in your manuscript, then learn how to write a manuscript with more advanced formatting.
The proposed changes to the overtime rule increased the salary threshold for employees who are exemptâand therefore not eligible for overtimeâfrom $23,660 to $50,440. In the final rule, the level dropped to $47,476.
Specifically, the U.S. Department of Labor proposed this week that the salary threshold needed to maintain such exempt classifications should increase from $23,660 to $50,440 per year (or $970 per workweek). This amounts to more than a doubling of the current salary requirement.he White House recently announced that the long-awaited proposed amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act regulations concerning the so-called âwhite collarâ exemptions will include a substantial increase to the salary required to maintain exempt status for most executive, administrative, and professional employees.