Canceling overtime changes would benefit employers, real family income, CBO says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 14, 2016
Canceling changes to overtime regulations that are set to go into effect Dec. 1 would reduce private-sector employers’ payrolls and compliance costs and would increase profits, according to an analysis...
House votes for 6-month delay of overtime rule
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 28, 2016
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday that would move from Dec. 1 to June 1 the effective date of a final rule set to double the salary threshold under which most salaried workers would...
21 states, U.S. Chamber file lawsuits challenging overtime rule
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 21, 2016
Twenty-one states’ attorneys general, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and more than 50 other national and Texas business groups filed legal challenges Tuesday to the federal overtime rule set to take...
House bill would slow overtime changes
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 17, 2016
Under new legislation introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday, the $47,476 salary threshold for overtime pay eligibility would be phased in over three years rather than become effective...
New overtime rule a major concern — and rightfully so
By
John O'Connor
Jul 14, 2016
Concerned about the new federal overtime rule? You have plenty of company.
Overtime rule not ‘good business,’ groups say
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 18, 2016
The new overtime rule finalized by the Department of Labor on Wednesday “is not only the right thing to do; it’s good business,” Vice President Joe Biden told the crowd gathered at a...