News Alert: Millions more to get overtime pay under landmark Obama reform

View in Browser BREAKING NEWS Tuesday May 17, 2016 Obama Is Bringing Overtime Pay To Millions Of Workers Bloomberg via Getty Images The Labor Department announced Tuesday that it completed one of the most ambitious economic reforms of the Obama era, finalizing a new rule that will extend overtime protections to millions of additional workers. The administration will accomplish that by raising what’s known as the overtime salary threshold. Nearly all workers earning salaries beneath that threshold are entitled to time-and-a-half pay whenever they work more than 40 hours in a week. Read More

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