Bush Administration Wants Changes In Overtime Pay

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Bush Administration Wants Changes In Overtime PayLabor Department Seeks To Change Definition Of White-Collar, Blue-Collar

POSTED: 10:33 p.m. EST March 26, 2003
UPDATED: 10:39 p.m. EST March 26, 2003

WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration is proposing changes in the regulations on overtime pay.

The Labor Department wants to change definitions of blue-collar and white-collar work. The definitions determine who gets time-and-a-half for working more than 40 hours a week. About 110 million workers are covered by the regulations.

The idea is to make as many as 1.3 million low-income workers eligible for overtime. The trade-off would be that about 640,000 white-collar workers -- such as claims adjusters and pharmacists -- would no longer get overtime.


Union employees working under a contract wouldn't be affected.

Business groups complain about paying overtime to professionals. There has also been a surge in overtime lawsuits against employers lately.

[Guest]

I am lower-level management don't get any overtime and normally work 50 hours a week - more during crunch times. I bet we won't have o work this hours if they had to truley pay us.

Patricia

[Stephanie]

Generally, hourly employees get paid time and a half while salaried don't get paid overtime (like myself). We're supposedly compensated for any overtime by the salaries we are paid.

[j]

Generally, hourly employees get paid time and a half while salaried don't get paid overtime (like myself). We're supposedly compensated for any overtime by the salaries we are paid.

time and a half..what's that??

I'm expected to work 45 a week, after 45 I will get straight time and an at-a-boy.

[Stephanie]

j -

and a "don't let the door hit you in the a$$ on the way out..." when you're laid off! LOL!

Salaried workers definately get screwed. Then again, we need to know when to say "stop" and go the heck home.

[j]

True....I bust my butt (when I'm not sidetracked on here) and when I need to take offf for something..I do it without a shred of guilt.

[Stephanie]

I still feel guilty, but I'm learning not too!