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New Biden rule would make 4 million white-collar workers eligible for overtime pay (www.usatoday.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The Biden administration on Tuesday announced a new rule that would make millions of white-collar workers newly eligible for overtime pay.

Starting July 1, the rule would increase the threshold at which executive, administrative and professional employees are exempt from overtime pay to $43,888 from the current $35,568. That change would make an additional 1 million workers eligible to receive time-and-a-half wages for each hour they put in beyond a 40-hour week.

On January 1, the threshold would rise further to $58,656, covering another 3 million workers.

“This rule will restore the promise to workers that if you work more than 40 hours in a week, you should be paid for that time,” Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su said in a statement. “So often, lower-paid salaried workers are doing the same job as their hourly counterparts but are spending more time away from their families for no additional pay. This is unacceptable.”

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Damn Biden's on a roll.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (2 children)

What other note worthy announcements have come out lately? Not being sarcastic, I'm out of the loop.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Federal restrictions on anti-trans 'bathroom laws' in schools, banning noncompete agreements in most jobs, lots of various industry-specific regulations, probably some I'm forgetting.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Oh shit I hadn't heard of those. The bathroom laws I'm particularly excited for. Thank you!

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Increased corporate tax to offset lower tax for workers, created a 13 million acre, oil-free, Alaskan wildlife reserve, and a $7B solar subsidy too.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/03/07/fact-sheet-president-biden-is-fighting-to-reduce-the-deficit-cut-taxes-for-working-families-and-invest-in-america-by-making-big-corporations-and-the-wealthy-pay-their-fair-share/

https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/biden-harris-administration-takes-major-steps-protect-arctic-lands-and-wildlife-alaska

https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/biden-harris-administration-announces-7-billion-solar-all-grants-deliver-residential

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I heard all of PugJesus' news items, how tf did all these pass me up?!

The alaska reserve is a huge win with how much oil companies have been trying to gobble all that beautiful land up.

Thanks for the reading material!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Good news doesn’t stay in the headlines as long as bad. Glad to help!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

Its also shunned by the bad faith actors intent on only spreading FUD, unfortunately. Thanks again

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

No problem!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Non-compete contracts for low wage worked just got killed. That's a big one, because all it does is lower the value of the employee and make them feel like property of their employer.