08-22-2017, 07:24 PM
Quote:The Trump administration is getting ready to give working Americans a big pay cut. The Department of Labor recently moved to begin rolling back the overtime pay rule, taking a critical benefit away from millions of working people and their families. The retrenchment puts the administration squarely on the side of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other big-business lobbyists—rigging the economy further in service of the very interests voters already believe are unfairly profiting at their expense. It is the latest in a long series of betrayals from a candidate who vowed to stand up for ordinary working Americans. The overtime pay rule, finalized in May 2016, is a much-needed update to the pay rate at which salaried employees must receive additional compensation for working more than 40 hours a week.Trump Threatens to Strip Away Overtime Pay | Demos