Employees at community colleges may be the most affected by the Obama administration’s new rules for overtime pay.

Inside Higher Ed reports.

Community colleges fret over overtime rules

Community colleges across the country could feel the biggest impact of the Obama administration’s recent proposals to change overtime pay rules. That’s due to the comparatively low pay of many of their administrative and support staffs, as well as the financial pressures the institutions are under as state budgets have tightened.

On Tuesday, the Department of Labor released new regulations that more than double the pay threshold at which employees qualify for overtime wages. The new regulations increase, to $47,476 from $23,660, the level at which salaried employees will be eligible for overtime. The rule also stipulates that the threshold levels will be raised every three years to reflect changes in the cost of living.

While most colleges are still evaluating how big an impact the rule change will have on their campuses, some administrators are certain there will be an effect.