A million more U.S. workers can now get overtime pay: 'Most employers absolutely do want to get this right'

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• roofuskit@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Just a reminder that Obama also changed this while he was president and it was one of the first things Trump reversed.

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• PenisWenisGenius@lemmynsfw.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I was working fast food as a salaried manager and was getting paid $50k a year to work like 50-60 hours per week. If they’re making it so that position is required overtime then Im wasting my time studying in schoolm

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• domdanial@reddthat.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  “an employee making less than the new threshold who doesn’t manage anyone else, whose job doesn’t require them to exercise “independent judgment with respect to matters of significance,” according to DOL, and whose job doesn’t require advanced knowledge might qualify for overtime pay.”

  The limit used to be people making under like, 100k, and now the limit is like, 130k or something. How many people making between 100k and 130k have jobs that are not management and don’t require independent judgment with respect to matters of significance?

  Feels pretty niche to me, but I guess progress is good. I’m also wondering how many people in these positions don’t have significant bargaining power., as the article states this law is for those people.

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  • woop_woop@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And in the 100-130k range, you’re looking at a lot of IT/tech folk.

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  • roofuskit@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s very common for companies to slap the word manager into a title to exploit this loophole. Adjusting the threshold at the lower levels is going to do a lot of good. As long as a Trump doesn’t get to reverse it again.

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    • fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Your not a technician, you’re an “engineer”. Ignore the fact you will make zero engineering decisions on this.

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