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On the recordMarch 16, 2016
The impact of this new legislation could be catastrophic for payroll as employees will have to be moved from exempt to nonexempt status simply due to the salary base being proposed.
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

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Lankford shares concerns from a battered women's shelter about the overtime rule's effects.

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