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White House Moves Closer To Major Executive Action On Overtime Payby Sam Stein and Dave Jamieson at the Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/05/overtime-pay-white-house_n_7208648.html?utm_hp_ref=politics
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The Obama administration on Tuesday morning put in motion one of the last major elements of the president's economic agenda, a reform to overtime rules that could result in a pay bump for millions.
Fulfilling an executive order issued last year by President Barack Obama, Labor Department officials have sent a proposal to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the Office of Management and Budget to expand the number of U.S. workers eligible for overtime pay when they work long hours.
The full proposal is now under review by OMB officials and won't be made public for at least several weeks. After it is published, there will be a review period during which interested parties can comment on the proposed rule. The details of the rule are eagerly awaited by employers and worker advocates -- not to mention overworked Americans -- since they will ultimately determine who receives time-and-a-half pay when they work more than 40 hours in a week.
"What weve seen is, increasingly, companies skirting basic overtime laws, calling somebody a manager when theyre stocking groceries and getting paid $30,000 a year," Obama said of his desire to reform overtime pay in a sit-down interview with HuffPost in March. "Those folks are being cheated."
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Phlem
(6,323 posts)white collar slavery that's prominent and persistent in the salaried industry of tech. Especially the abusive crunch periods in the game industry. They all play into age discrimination.
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)I guess companies will ensure their employees are out of there at 39 hours. The federal government is really good at this. 8-hours a day, 5-days a week is it. Union ensures it as well.
39 hours at minimum wage or 60 hours a week salaried.
We're fucked.
liberal_at_heart
(12,081 posts)More low wage, part time jobs. Hurrah!
Cha
(298,313 posts)applegrove
(119,063 posts)behind the scenes. Likely we will not know for years. I don't blame him for totally going around the GOP in whatever way he has to. Bucket!
Cha
(298,313 posts)Gothmog
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