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Tim Scott: “No, there would be no overtime because they would be exempt.”

On the recordJune 8, 2016
No, there would be no overtime because they would be exempt.
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Tim Scott
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Arguing that raising salaries would eliminate overtime pay requirements.

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