Trump administration moves closer to undoing overtime pay rule

[riversedge]

Source: raw story /Reuters





25 Jul 2017 at 14:25 ET


The Trump administration on Tuesday pushed forward with its bid to undo an Obama administration rule to extend mandatory overtime pay to 4.2 million workers and said it was considering treating workers differently based on location and industry.


The rule, which was supposed to take effect in December 2016 but was blocked by a federal judge, is a top target for business groups that say it would force employers to convert many salaried employees into hourly workers.

The U.S. Department of Labor on Tuesday called for public comments on the rule, which is the first step in revoking or revising it.

The rule would have doubled to $47,000 the maximum salary a worker can earn and still be eligible for mandatory overtime pay under federal wage law. A group of 21 states and business groups including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce challenged the rule in a lawsuit filed last year.....................................

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/07/trump-administration-moves-closer-to-undoing-overtime-pay-rule/

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[BigmanPigman]

1. The 99% can drop dead (literally) as far as they are concerned.

They (and their descendants) will be taken care of so fuck everyone else. Same old, same old.

They want to turn the clock back to 1910 when kids had to work in factories 7 days a week for 10 hours a day and 10 cents and be grateful for the opportunity.

They don't want to spend their inherited or dirty money on anyone else and that is why they voted NO to healthcare. No more lazy, dirty beggars using their food and oxygen.

[Eliot Rosewater]

3. Trump said that minimum wage workers are overpaid, remember?

Are we smart enough to know we are being robbed blind and destroyed?

I dont think enough of us are.

[Matthew28]

5. You're so right

The dumb republican worker will be screwing themselves once again in 2018 and 2020. Count on it.

[Dustlawyer]

9. We have a record income inequality and they are just running up the score!

TPTB OWN our politicians!

In this time of radical government and upheaval should be the time we make our voices heard! We need a populist leader to step out and direct this show. Bernie has been great, and maybe he can do it, but we need someone with name recognition lighting up the internet, organizing us into a force to be reckoned with!

They are stealing us blind now grabbing everything they always wanted. At this rate they will have our SS in a year!

[BigmanPigman]

12. I seem to recall that stripping all social programs was Ryan's dream in college.

Gee, what a great guy! I am so glad he is achieving his goals.

[flibbitygiblets]

2. Can we please stop putting his ugly face on everything?

I can read a lot better without having a sexual predator staring me down.

[smirkymonkey]

6. YES! I can't stand the sight of that ugly face!

He makes me physically ill. The combination of his face and the sound of his voice literally makes me want to puke.

[Owl]

10. Agreed. Face is nauseating.

[BumRushDaShow]

4. The rule was an attempt

to give the ability for certain workers (often "pink collar"/service industry including medical services) to get time and a half for overtime, since their occupations often have a pay range > $47k (approx. $25/hr pay & higher), but more and more with "required" 12-hour (or more) shift situations.

[NCjack]

7. The Trump message to workers is:

Me and the bosses can force you to work for nothing.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

13. "Thanks for voting for me, suckers!" n/t

[More_Cowbell]

8. No one should make $23k and be exempt from overtime

When the rule was initially passed in the 70s, something like 60% of people were eligible for overtime. Now only 7% are. Businesses claim that this is too big a jump in salary, but they've resisted salary increases for years.

[Submariner]

11. Racist MF'er doing this out of spite against all things Obama

I wake up each morning hoping to see a NY Times breaking news announcement on my iPhone that he died overnight hopefully with a bucket of KFC extra crispy lodged in his colon.

I hope the assholes expecting overtime who voted for Trump also get sick and die from losing their ACA coverage.

[bluestarone]

14. yep exactually what

the fuckin reepubs game plan was

[krispos42]

15. How many Fanta Menace voters will have their paychecks immediately and permanently reduced by this?

Think that they'll put 2 and 2 together? Maybe?