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New Overtime Rules Have Short Shelf Life

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the back-to-the-drawing-board dept.

rwiedower writes "So the House just voted to scrap the new overtime rules that went into effect August 23. The vote was 223-193. Were the new rules designed to shaft IT workers from getting overtime? Or were they merely designed to streamline outdated rules?"

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  1. Re:It's All A Mystery... by mabhatter654 · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    The last several post were the reason the companies lobbied for the rule change. The general intent was to clarify who was offically "salary" because there are far too many lawsuits..

    of course the Dept of Labor didn't ask the RIGHT question! "Why are there so many sueable cases to begin with?" The companies mearly lobbied they were being sued too much....the DoL failed to do their job for LABOR and see the wide scale abuse taking place...thanks George!

  2. Re:Joe by Rahga · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    "He fills his pot full of good clean drinking water because some liberal fought for minimum water quality standards."

    I'm sure that the vast majority of the $40 per month I pay on my water bill goes to quality control.

    "His medications are safe to take because some liberal fought to insure their safety and work as advertised."

    Goodness knows that libreals know more about prescribing safe medicine than my doctor does.

    "All but $10.00 of his medications are paid for by his employers medical plan because some liberal union workers fought their employers for paid medical insurance, now Joe gets it too."

    Yeah, because if that wasn't the case, my employer would have to divert money from my paycheck into a health insurance plan.