Obama to make 5 million more americans eligible for overtime pay

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Obama to make 5 million more americans eligible for overtime pay



The Obama administration has announced new rules that will boost the salary threshold for time-and-a-half overtime pay from the current $23,660 to $50,440.

Any worker who makes as much or below the new total will automatically qualify, according to US Department of Labor guidance.

“Right now, too many Americans are working long days for less pay than they deserve,” President Barack Obama wrote in a Huffington Post op-ed announcing the change.

The regulatory change restores the overtime salary threshold to approximately where it was in 1975, based on inflation adjustments.

US Labor Secretary Thomas Perez said that the rule change will result in a collective $1.2 billion in extra compensation for workers who are newly eligible for overtime pay.

more: http://rt.com/usa/270784-obama-revises-overtime-rules/

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Obama for Prime Minister of Canada.. :lol:


 
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I expect that you'll see more business' opting to move people from full-time positions into part-time ones to get around this... No different than what corps did when faced with mandatory health insurance for the employees
 
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captain morgan said:
I expect that you'll see more business' opting to move people from full-time positions into part-time ones to get around this... No different than what corps did when faced with mandatory health insurance for the employees
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That is already happening Capt.

And just more reason to get those sweet H1B visas if they are eligible.
 
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A coalition of 21 states sued the U.S. Department of Labor Tuesday over a new rule that would make about 4 million higher-earning workers eligible for overtime pay, slamming the measure as inappropriate federal overreach from the Obama Administration.

Republican Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Eastern Texas, urging it to block implementation before the regulation takes effect on Dec. 1. Laxalt, a frequent critic of President Barack Obama’s policies, said the rule would burden private and public sectors by straining budgets and forcing layoffs or cuts in working hours.

“This rule, pushed by distant bureaucrats in D.C., tramples on state and local government budgets, forcing states to shift money from other important programs to balance their budgets, including programs intended to protect the very families that purportedly benefit from such federal overreach,” he said in a statement.

Labor Department officials did not immediately respond to telephone and emailed requests seeking comment.

The measure would shrink the so-called “white collar exemption” that exempts workers who perform “executive, administrative or professional” duties from overtime and minimum wage requirements.

“This long-awaited update will result in a meaningful boost to many workers’ wallets, and will go a long way toward realizing President Obama’s commitment to ensuring every worker is compensated fairly for their hard work,” the Labor Department said in May when it announced the new rule.

Other plaintiffs include Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah and Wisconsin.

The Eastern Texas district where the lawsuit was filed is known as a “rocket docket” court where cases move along quickly.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/busi...83ae72-7f6c-11e6-ad0e-ab0d12c779b1_story.html
 
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US Labor Secretary Thomas Perez said that the rule change will result in a collective $1.2 billion in extra compensation for workers who are newly eligible for overtime pay.


Almost half of which goes to the government in the form of source deductions. Convenient.
 
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taxslave said:
US Labor Secretary Thomas Perez said that the rule change will result in a collective $1.2 billion in extra compensation for workers who are newly eligible for overtime pay.


Almost half of which goes to the government in the form of source deductions. Convenient.
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So your point is that all of nothing is better than half of something?

Nice logic.
 
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A federal judge on Tuesday halted an Obama administration rule that would have expanded overtime pay for millions of workers, a decision that was slammed by employees' rights advocates.

The U.S. Department of Labor rule, which was set to go into effect on December 1, would have made overtime pay available to full-time salaried employees making up to $47,476 a year. It was expected to touch every nearly every sector in the U.S. economy. The threshold for overtime pay was previously set at $23,660, and had been updated once in 40 years—meaning any full-time employees who earned more than $23,600 were not eligible for time-and-a-half when they worked more than 40 hours a week.

Tuesday's decision keeps the rule from being implemented while U.S. District Judge Amos Mazzant of Texas considers opposing arguments by a number of business groups, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and 21 states. Mazzant said the Labor Department had overstepped its authority by raising the threshold so significantly.

With the GOP set to control both chambers of Congress and the White House, the rule faces an uncertain future—but Republicans and corporate interests are already rejoicing.

Marc Freedman, executive director of labor law policy at the Chamber of Commerce, told the New York Times that the judge's language indicates he is against the rule, stating, "We are, assuming that this preliminary injunction holds and there isn't an appeal or some other thing that disrupts it, done with this regulation."

Workers' rights advocates reacted with dismay and outrage. David Levine, CEO and co-founder of the American Sustainable Business Council, mourned the ruling, saying the opponents were "operating from short-sighted, out-moded thinking."

"The employees who will be hurt the most and the economies that will suffer the most are in the American heartland, where wages are already low," Levine said. "When employers pay a fair wage, they benefit from more productive, loyal, and motivated employees.


That's good for a business' bottom line and for growing the middle class that our nation's economy depends on. High road businesses understand that better compensation helps build a better work culture."

The Labor Department released a statement which read, "We strongly disagree with the decision by the court, which has the effect of delaying a fair day's pay for a long day's work for millions of hardworking Americans. The department's overtime rule is the result of a comprehensive, inclusive rulemaking process, and we remain confident in the legality of all aspects of the rule."

Christine Owens, executive director of the National Employment Law Project (NELP), noted that the rule would have impacted up to 12.5 million workers, citing research by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI).

Judge Puts Overtime Pay for Millions in Limbo as Republicans Rejoice | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community
 
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Tecumsehsbones said:
So your point is that all of nothing is better than half of something?

Nice logic.
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In this particular instance, you're quite correct. However, I've seen instances where the govt is taking quite the lion's share of that overtime. Mind you I'm talking about Canada so...
But yeah, it's bullsh*t to have a set salary and then have to work well over 40 hours a week for it. I mean, I can see it if it's something that happens occasionally, but for many, that overtime is a daily thing for which they're not being properly compensated.
 
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Four million Americans got some bad news from Texas today that didn’t involve floods. A federal judge struck down an Obama-administration ruling that would have significantly expanded eligibility for overtime pay.
In the ruling, first reported by Bloomberg, the judge wrote that the agency improperly looked at salaries instead of job descriptions when determining whether a worker should be eligible for overtime pay …

The rule would have required employers to pay overtime to most salaried workers who earn less than $47,476 annually, a sharp increase from the current annual salary limit of $23,660.
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The Labor Department rule the judge invalidated was based on the gradual erosion of overtime pay by employers who avoided it by classifying more and more employees as managers, along with the weakening of the threshold for automatic eligibility by inflation. If Obama were still president, or if he had been succeeded by Hillary Clinton, there would be an aggressive appeal of this decision, or perhaps a redrafting of the rule to meet the judge’s objections.

Unfortunately for the affected workers, the Trump administration is very unlikely to lift a finger to restore the rule. So while an appeal from other quarters is possible, we’re not likely to see the Labor Department try to put something similar in place.

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