IT Workers Not Eligible for Overtime in New Rules

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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Re:Bush administration

[dogbowl]

It is rich if you live in the United States.

According to Democrate's classifications, by simply working in a two-income family, with each person earning just $10 an hour, you are among the wealthiest half of Americans -- based upon family income. ..And Kerry wants to repeal the tax breaks. Apparently he thinks that if you're earning 28K a year, you're making too much.

(sorry for my double post below)