• NPR, Wednesday, July 8, 2015 7:48 PM

President Obama is proposing to raise the salary cap for paying overtime workers, many of whom check work email after hours. Under the current rules, workers that make less than $23,660 a year must be paid overtime, but the president would like to raise that to around $50,000. California already has a cap of $50,000, causing many companies to set limits on work email use at home.

Pomona College in California, for example, has adopted a policy which limits the number of hours that hourly workers can check their email. The policy is in place to help the college comply with state regulations which require that hourly workers who make less than $50,000 a year to be paid overtime for work. The school has a limited overtime budget and doesn't want employees working extra hours on email. 

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