You shouldn't expect an enormous amount of attention to the newly implemented overtime rule in the current presidential race, but you should expect that the result of the election will determine whether the new rule stays in place.
Hillary Clinton, whose campaign is largely an affirmation of the domestic policies of President Obama, supports the new rule, which requires that workers with salaries under $47,476 get paid overtime wages when they work more than 40 hours in a week. The rule goes into effect on Dec. 1.
In a statement in response to the new rule in May, Clinton framed the change as part of a series of needed reforms to bolster the middle class.
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