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Mail From: "Kenneth Ingram" <(email redacted)>

DOL tries to pass overtime law in darkness
In the midst of war sometimes it's possible for people to do some underhand=
ed things. That is going on right now at the U.S. Department of Labor. The =
DOL is proposing a new rule that if you make more than $22,000 a year, your=
employer is able to declare you non-eligible for overtime. Then, the emplo=
yer is able to work you as many hours as they want and never pay you an ext=
ra penny. All Clark can guess is that the DOL was hoping no one would pay a=
ttention to this with the war going on. But supposedly, employers are excit=
ed about this. Clark can't believe employers would be excited about exploit=
ing employees like this. The head of the Federal Wage and Hour Department c=
laims the law is being set up to reduce the number of lawsuits filed by emp=
loyees about overtime. And that's just a cheap shot. This will be heavily m=
odified because people will be outraged. And Clark is sure that the DOL wil=
l back peddle over the next few weeks, claiming they weren't intending to w=
ork employees to death. But that's exactly what they planned to do. When Co=
ngress passes a law and the President signs it, Congress only does the bare=
minimum of what is expected. It's up to the federal agency to figure out h=
ow the rules will work. The reason given was to modernize labor rules, but =
in truth it's about making it legal to force people as many hours as bosses=
want. Thankfully, there is a comment period for this outrageous law. So, i=
t's imperative that you post your comments at the DOL Web site. Scroll down=
and you will see an e-mail, fax number and regular address to write to. Th=
is is the kind of thing that only can go through in darkness, and we nee to=
shed some light on it.=20

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Mail From: David Colby <(email redacted)>


I heard of this crap! Although we CPA/Professionals have been subject to the exemption forever! I think all jobs if you work over 40hrs should be overtime at 1.5.
David
Kenneth Ingram <(email redacted)> wrote:
DOL tries to pass overtime law in darkness
In the midst of war sometimes it’s possible for people to do some underhanded things. That is going on right now at the U.S. Department of Labor. The DOL is proposing a new rule that if you make more than $22,000 a year, your employer is able to declare you non-eligible for overtime. Then, the employer is able to work you as many hours as they want and never pay you an extra penny. All Clark can guess is that the DOL was hoping no one would pay attention to this with the war going on. But supposedly, employers are excited about this. Clark can’t believe employers would be excited about exploiting employees like this. The head of the Federal Wage and Hour Department claims the law is being set up to reduce the number of lawsuits filed by employees about overtime. And that’s just a cheap shot. This will be heavily modified because people will be outraged. And Clark is sure that the DOL will back peddle over the next few weeks, claiming they weren’t intending to work employees to death. But that’s exactly what they planned to do. When Congress passes a law and the President signs it, Congress only does the bare minimum of what is expected. It’s up to the federal agency to figure out how the rules will work. The reason given was to modernize labor rules, but in truth it’s about making it legal to force people as many hours as bosses want. Thankfully, there is a comment period for this outrageous law. So, it’s imperative that you post your comments at the DOL Web site. Scroll down and you will see an e-mail, fax number and regular address to write to. This is the kind of thing that only can go through in darkness, and we nee to shed some light on it.



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