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title: "Restaurant Business: Buffalo Wings & Rings Prepares for Reality of Overtime"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/9869e392-d4d9-4933-b905-60b858bb96b6
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/wingsandrings/restaurant-business-buffalo-wings-rings-prepares-for-reality-of-overtime-7888
category: "Chicken"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Chicken"
published: 2016-11-20T23:18:48.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:14:19.074Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/58a3b353dea526d07b3455ce68c555107399.jpg
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# Restaurant Business: Buffalo Wings & Rings Prepares for Reality of Overtime

**TL;DR:** Buffalo Wings & Rings is preparing for the federal overtime rule by raising manager salaries or converting salaried roles to hourly. The rule, which takes effect on December 1, 2016, sets a new $47,476 cap for overtime eligibility.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2016-11-20. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/wingsandrings/restaurant-business-buffalo-wings-rings-prepares-for-reality-of-overtime-7888).*

## Story

With the upcoming federal over time rule mandate taking effect on December 1, 2016, restaurant operators are preparing for the change and its side effects.

Restaurant Business spoke with many brand leaders who are raising managers' salaries above the new $47,476 cap for overtime eligibility or converting salaried roles to hourly.

At Buffalo Wings & Rings, brand leaders will increase manager salaries that are close to the threshold, and restructure managers who are around the $30,000-per-year range into hourlies, CEO Nader Masadeh told Restaurant Business.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- overtime rule (topic)
- manager salaries (topic)
- hourly conversion (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/wingsandrings/restaurant-business-buffalo-wings-rings-prepares-for-reality-of-overtime-7888). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/9869e392-d4d9-4933-b905-60b858bb96b6).