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IT Workers Not Eligible for Overtime in New Rules

Posted by timothy on from the news-for-nerds dept.

bjarvis354 writes "The San Diego Union Tribune is reporting that the Department of Labor Secretary Elaine Chao unveiled new rules that seem to specifically target IT workers and other white collar workers for exemption from overtime pay. The Oneonta Daily Star claims that 'According to new exemption tests, the employee isn't guaranteed overtime pay if primary duties involve office or non-manual work,' and 'Computer employees are not guaranteed overtime pay if they make $455 a week, or if their hourly rate is $27.63. Affected employees include computer systems analysts, programmers, software engineers or anyone with a similar title.'"

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  1. figures . . . by uberjoe · · Score: 5, Funny

    Another astounding success in the Bush Administration's No Billionaire Left Behind program.

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  2. In other news by cexshun · · Score: 5, Funny

    In other news, the Department of Labor is experiencing strange outages with their network, website, and all IT related systems.

  3. Re:Well... by flamingnight · · Score: 5, Funny

    I just asked my manager about this. He said
    "That guy is full of shit. The Peter Principle is shit. And... (sniffle) well... (tearing up) Oh my God I hate my job and my life. I wish I were back to being a Technician instead of a manager!"

    Hm.
    Off to console him.

  4. Re:Actually, actually, I'm confused. by Jaysyn · · Score: 5, Funny

    And like everything else in this govenment, no one know exactly what the fuck is going on at any given moment.

    Jaysyn

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