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Bush Administration Wants Changes In Overtime PayLabor Department Seeks To Change Definition Of White-Collar, Blue-Collar

POSTED: 10:33 p.m. EST March 26, 2003
UPDATED: 10:39 p.m. EST March 26, 2003

WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration is proposing changes in the regulations on overtime pay.

The Labor Department wants to change definitions of blue-collar and white-collar work. The definitions determine who gets time-and-a-half for working more than 40 hours a week. About 110 million workers are covered by the regulations.

The idea is to make as many as 1.3 million low-income workers eligible for overtime. The trade-off would be that about 640,000 white-collar workers -- such as claims adjusters and pharmacists -- would no longer get overtime.


Union employees working under a contract wouldn't be affected.

Business groups complain about paying overtime to professionals. There has also been a surge in overtime lawsuits against employers lately.

I am lower-level management don't get any overtime and normally work 50 hours a week - more during crunch times. I bet we won't have o work this hours if they had to truley pay us.

Patricia

Generally, hourly employees get paid time and a half while salaried don't get paid overtime (like myself). We're supposedly compensated for any overtime by the salaries we are paid.

Stephanie wrote:Generally, hourly employees get paid time and a half while salaried don't get paid overtime (like myself). We're supposedly compensated for any overtime by the salaries we are paid.

time and a half..what's that??

I'm expected to work 45 a week, after 45 I will get straight time and an at-a-boy.

j -

and a "don't let the door hit you in the a$$ on the way out..." when you're laid off! LOL!

Salaried workers definately get screwed. Then again, we need to know when to say "stop" and go the heck home.

True....I bust my butt (when I'm not sidetracked on here) and when I need to take offf for something..I do it without a shred of guilt.

I still feel guilty, but I'm learning not too!