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.
1 To be exempt currently, workers must make more than $455/week ($23,660 annually). 2  The proposed rule sets the standard salary level at the 40 th percentile of weekly earnings for full-time salaried workers which for 2013 was $921 per week, or $47,892 annually.