https://twitter.com/EF517_V2/status/732958532467843072
The Obama administration’s new overtime regs that will double the number of salaried employees who must be paid overtime for working in excess of 40 hours per week has gotten Bernie Sanders’ seal of approval. VP Joe Biden is also a proponent of the new regs:
.@VP leading the Administration blitz today trumpeting doubling of employee pay threshold for overtime pay from $23,660/yr to $47,476/yr.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) May 18, 2016
In WH letter, @VP says too many employees work 10, 20, 30 extra hours a week and "often don’t get paid a dime more…That’s simply wrong."
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) May 18, 2016
Biden said companies would have a couple of options:
"Companies will have a choice," writes @VP. "Pay their workers for the extra hours they put in, or cap their hours at 40 hours a week."
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) May 18, 2016
He left out a lot of other available choices:
https://twitter.com/Roger247/status/732959376391069698
https://twitter.com/christophermah3/status/732958209426788352
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— Brian Brantley (@investentropy) May 18, 2016
https://twitter.com/MJP1313/status/732981577718890496
They’re from the Obama administration and they’re here to help you!
Excuse me but that's the definition of being a "salaried" employee. This admin. continues to pound the middle class.
— NodeUnavailable (@gmsgirl) May 18, 2016
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