In May 2016, the Obama Administration announced new regulations that would increase the number of American entitled to receive time-and-a-half overtime pay. Salaried workers who earn up to $46,476 per year are now entitled to earn time-and-a-half pay when they work more than 40 hours per week. The previous regulations, issued in 2004, set the threshold for overtime pay at $23,660. The Labor department estimates that 4.2 million workers will become newly eligible for overtime pay under the new regulations. Proponents argue that the rule is necessary due to inflation and note that only 7% of salaried workers currently qualify for overtime pay in 2015, down sharply from 60% in 1975. Opponents argue that the new rules will hurt employers and incentivize them to cut their employee’s hours.
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I have a middle ground with this question. It's difficult because 46k honestly isn't nearly enough live on, at least securely. But increasing it can create
No. Companies would just reduce salaries and/ or higher less workers. The same impact happened as a result of requiring companies to give certain benefits to workers who work over a certain number of hours. I did schedules for years and was forced to lower number of hours per employee. This hurt them, not helped.
Average worked hours should be used to determine pay. Salaried employees regularly working 45+ hours should be eligible for overtime pay. Salary is not an excuse to provide minimum annual pay for more hours and no overtime.
Absolutely. Workers are working 60-80 hours a week for the same pay they would receive if they worked 30-40 hours. Anyone who is paid a salary should be protected from being worked more than they are paid.
Yes, and the government should do more to protect worker rights and employees should be paid time-and-a-half regardless of pay scale
@9D74W3VWorking Family2yrs2Y
Yes, and the amount you make annually should be of no consequence. If you are expected to work beyond a standard 40 hour week (8 hour day) then those hours should be compensated accordingly. Your company will remind you that you don't get something for nothing so the workers have to remind their companies of the same.
Yes, all salaried employees should get overtime pay and employers should be fined for working salaried employees over their contracted hours
Yes, and all employees should be paid time-and-a-half for overtime hours regardless of their pay scale, and the government should do more to protect workers’ rights
Maybe, depending on the job
Don’t know enough to have a solid decision
No, such a decision should be determined by the business, not the government.
No, the governor should respect free market.
Yes, but reducing the work week would be better and horizontally managing enterprises so that workers set wages is better.
Yes, and cap overtime hours at 5 hours per week
No; the concept of overtime should be eliminated by law. If additional work is needed additional employees or improved processes should be utilized otherwise businesses should adjust production to meet capacity and set customer expectations accordingly.
No, it should be between the company and workers
Yes, as long as certain rules can be put in place to ensure fairness to both the worker and business.
No, as long as the employee is paid at or above minimum wage.
Yes, and enforce Workplace Democracy
Yes and it should be regardless of their pay scale and if the prices begin to exceed the businesses ability to pay the employee then subsidies should be made available.
Yes, the government should do more to protect worker's rights and all employees should be paid time-and-a-half for overtime hours regardless of their pay scale.
Yes, for corporations, not small businesses.
No, the business and employee should decide
Yes, only if the businesses increase employees' workload. Those that didn't finish their work on time, however, shouldn't be paid for overtime hours.
No, the salary threshold should be higher
Yes, if they aren't doing so already. That is as far they should get in the private sector.
Not on private industry.
The term "overtime" can be obsolete for some industries or seasonal work so should be based on the requirements of the job/responsibilities
Yes, but mostly to ensure that employees are not being exploited.
@8KT6MQHWorking Family5yrs5Y
Business with more than 100 employees should have to pay time and a half to salaries workers when that worker works more than 65 hours a week.
Yes, unless it is a small businuess (for the first 5 years of that small businuess being owned) other than that YES!
The business should decide that, but the government should do more to protect workers rights
@8HY4B52Working Family5yrs5Y
All employees should be paid time and a half for overtime hours regardless of pay scale. The government should do more to protect workers' rights.
No, it would hurt small business too much.
Yes. But this doesent require government intervention, necessarily. The government *should* stop hobbling and politicizing the NLRB, so that workers can unite and be on an even playing field with management.
Yes, all employees should be paid time-and-a-half for overtime hours regardless of their pah
Yes, and the level should be increased to those making up to $75k annually before overtime.
I do not really know much about this
Yes, but increase overtime pay to a level that actually makes it what it was intended to be - a disincentive for employers to overwork their employees, and all employees should be paid overtime pay regardless of their pay scale, and the government should do more to protect workers' rights.
Leave it to the individual states to determine.
Yes, all employees should be paid time-and-a-half for overtime hours regardless of their pay scale, and the government should do more to protect workers' rights.
Protect workers rights and pay t*1.5 for all overtime.
It shouldn't make a difference if the employee is hourly and working overtime they should be compensated
No but straight time or comp time should be paid. And no expiration or cap on earned time that was confirmed
Yes, the government should do more to protect workers rights and all employees should be paid this way
Yes, all employees with an annual salary should have a 40 hour/week cap tied to their agreement (hourly its a given). Anything they choose to accept outside that should be compensated well if businesses want to incentivize longer work hours. Too many companies are getting away with overworking and underpaying their employees through the premise of meeting project completion instead of time dedicated.
Either that or compensate in extra time off
No, this is a business issue
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