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Joe Wilson: “This rule will affect nearly a thousand employees, cost the university over a million dollars a year to comply, which I…”

On the recordJune 8, 2016
This rule will affect nearly a thousand employees, cost the university over a million dollars a year to comply, which I believe could lead to destroying jobs.
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Joe Wilson
Republican · South Carolina

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Highlighting the financial burden of the Department of Labor's overtime rule on universities.

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