Political Quotes

“we have known for years that the Fair Labor Standards Act regulations governing overtime are confusing and out of date. Moreover, millions of low-wage workers who should be earning overtime pay currently are not. Now, these regulations which have not been substantially changed in 54 years are complex, confusing, and make it next to impossible for workers to know whether they are entitled to overtime, for employers to know how to pay their employees, and for the Labor Department to enforce these workplace regulations. They simply do not meet the needs of today's 21st century workforce. The Department has undertaken an important effort to update these complex, decades-old regulations that define overtime exemptions for white-collar employees in the administrative, executive and professional employee classification. They should be commended for their efforts thus far. Let us be clear. The proposed DOL regulations will provide additional protections to low-income workers and ensure that they are entitled to overtime pay. It is unacceptable that today's outdated regulations require someone earning as little as $8,060 a year to qualify as a white-collar employee and, therefore, prevent them from receiving overtime pay. The proposed changes would raise that level from $8,060 to $22,100 annually, and ensure that anyone earning less than $22,100 a year would automatically be entitled to overtime.”