U.S. employers are watching the clock.

With federal rules expanding paid overtime eligibility set to take effect nextmonth, business leaders are making moves to contain futurecosts, according to a New York Federal Reserve Bank survey.

The new regulation, finalized in May by the Labor Department andscheduled to come into force on Dec. 1, requires employers to paytime-and-a-half to salaried employees earning up to nearly $47,500annually — about double the current threshold of almost $24,000— after they work more than 40 hours per week.

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