quote:Originally posted by whomod: Soon, OVERTIME will BE HISTORY. All of the citizens of the US will soon wake up to that fact, as soon as the Spending Bill goes through in January. Included as an INSISTENCE by the White House is the massive change to overtime regulations, meaning 8 million people will no longer be eligible for overtime.
Point of information. The people losing overtime are "high income" workers--people who make over $65,000.00 per year. At the same time, this law is supposed to increase overtime for people in the "low income" catagory.
quote:The changes...foresee increasing overtime eligibility for low-income service sector workers — those who make between $8,000 and $22,000 per year — while reducing eligibility for high-income workers.
"An additional 1.3 million workers at the low end will now be guaranteed overtime," said Victoria Lipnic, assistant secretary of labor for employment standards.
On the other hand, the changes will cut down on overtime for about 600,000 high-income workers, according to officials.
In effect, white-collar workers who earn more than $65,000 a year would be prevented from collecting extra cash for hours worked beyond the 40-hour workweek.
