'A lump of coal' for US employees: Federal judge overturns new overtime rule

[@RipMinner]

I bet the Judge that over turned the ruling does not live on a 30k a year salary.

[@StuartMcconney]

@@RipMinner They're on about USD147K

[@paulrodgers252]

@@StuartMcconneyif it comes to light that Judge is civil: the fate will be seal to a salary of ⭕️;

[@paulrodgers252]

and who fault is that?

[@creekhandyman5974]

your salary is yours to negotiate, if you want more, ask for more, if they say no, go elsewhere. This idiotic idea that somehow people are coerced into working for low wages is a myth that is only believed by liberal do-gooders and socialistic useful idiots

[@urbugnmetoday3183]

Nor do any salary position employees

[@michaelratliff7775]

BS they didn't have any problems when it came to increasing the CEOs pay!

[@redneck94chevy]

There's a guy in NYC giving the CEOs a pay cut 😂

[@MrAAgabriel]

If you voted republican, then you shouldn't complain.

[@asheronwindspear552]

​@@MrAAgabriel I don't know why people think Republicans are for the average person given all the evidence to the contrary.

[@jbaatz9241]

Of course a judge overturned it. He never worked a real job a day in his life.

[@ZippingLake]

It’s crazy how ppl say that they want to help workers but don’t.

[@marclawrence7844]

For example, Donald J. Trump.

[@noble_norse7786]

​Except Trumps not in charge yet, kiddo! This is why it helps to be self aware and capable of critical thought. ​@@marclawrence7844

[@MrAAgabriel]

Hopefully, they keep voting red so judges like this are cemented into the system all over the nation. YT people need to learn via the pain they try to inflict on every other group. Let the hard times roll. 😂

[@URRidikalus]

​@MrAAgabriel and if you vote blue, they will raise the price of everything by 50%, then forget about it and fall down some stairs.

[@dakkenblah1450]

How was it helping workers?? All this did was make my company switch all its employees to hourly instead of salary.

[@StevenCombs-dy1pt]

That judge needs to go.

[@frostbite3820]

Probably a MAGA judge, get ready for more of em!

[@lauriehester357]

@@frostbite3820he is a trump appointed judge.

[@wil2197]

Yes! Keep the middle class poor and the poor from reaching middle. 💪💪💪

[@marclawrence7844]

It's called Trump-enomics.

[@prof113]

@@marclawrence7844 no, it is not. Do better and do your economics homework.

[@creekhandyman5974]

your salary is yours to negotiate, if you want more, ask for more, if they say no, go elsewhere. This idiotic idea that somehow people are coerced into working for low wages is a myth that is only believed by liberal do-gooders and socialistic useful idiots

[@t.t.6398]

​@@marclawrence7844 Everyone with an IQ above mud knows you're full of 💩.

[@elmerkilred159]

@@prof113 You obviously haven't done yours.

[@keithcruz9838]

My dad made $41k as an airline refueler in 1982. The same job today pays $39k

[@tguf456]

😮

[@stobo7182]

That's crazy

[@Wreckitralph1976]

Sounds like his union has failed him.

[@creekhandyman5974]

sounds like a bad deal, maybe they should look elsewhere for employment. Or maybe, I know it's a stretch, but maybe taking lower wages now is a calculated career move made by an adult that can run their own life without your help

[@ronaldwilliams4053]

Sound to me like your dad had it good in 82 I feel bad for the person that get that job now but they might make a lot getting ot

[@joshuaharper4439]

I don’t do overtime and when the bosses say mandatory to work Saturday, I don’t do it. I won’t show up sorry but weekends are mine. Mandatory means absolutely nothing to me.

[@rws91942]

That's because your boss allows this. Current laws say mandatory overtime is legal. ( Unless it is banned by collective bargaining agreement. ) If they wanted to, they could force you to make a choice.

[@SonsOfThunder229]

Its worth it for time and a half...

[@JamesSmith-ij8nj]

And you'll whine when you are first on the RIF list.

[@firebrand420]

​@JamesSmith-ij8nj no he won't. He'll be out there living it up on unemployment...till it runs out. Then he gets to start ALLLLL over again.

[@steveareton697]

bosses claiming something to be mandatory and actually being mandatory can be completely different things, clearly.

[@Captain-Electro]

I wonder why nobody wants to work anymore? I just can't figure it out....

[@urbugnmetoday3183]

Because everyone thinks they’re special and deserve a wage outside of their jobs wage

[@Staywoke7909]

@@urbugnmetoday3183everyone that’s actually doing the should making a living wage, not just CEO’s duh

[@urbugnmetoday3183]

Stayblind, if anyone wants to make more money they most certainly can work towards that ,and they do …most people claiming to not make enough just work their 7-330 (or whatever) go home and play games or watch their screen of choice , that’s not how to climb up

[@Staywoke7909]

@ how many jobs should a person have to work to make a living?

[@ryanbeyer9078]

@@urbugnmetoday3183 It's depressing to see people like you promoting a slave mentality

[@fluffthecake]

Thats when you do the bare minimum. I wouldn't be going out of my way to be doing anything more than required.

[@benwagner5089]

If I'm going to be paid the same whether I work 40 hours a week or 60 hours a week, why would I ever want to work the 60? Sure a year-end bonus is nice, but it's entirely up to management of whether I get it or not, as well as the size of that bonus. And it's certainly not going to be the same final amount as the hourly guys made with overtime. I actually ran the numbers for each when they both "make" $50,000, but have to put in a 60 hour work week. Even with a 10% year end bonus, the salaried guy only makes 55k, while the hourly guy gets 87.5k. Unless the salaried guy is getting 37.5k in usable benefits like health insurance and retirement planning, why would anyone work the salaried job?

[@jessekauffman3336]

These corporations are so greedy

[@Michael-um5pd]

The whole world needs a course in economics.

[@michaelWells-ef9bx]

They wouldn’t come ….they watch tic Tok 3 hrs a Day

[@RetroGamerBB]

​@@michaelWells-ef9bxThe people that need that lesson aren't watching TikTok. They're watching senators and making sure they are on the take

[@barnabusdoyle4930]

Which part, the part where if you pay people more money they will end up spending that extra money at local businesses and improve the local economy? Or if you force businesses to pay their employees more, they will eventually lower costs by cutting their labor expenses through layoffs? Both happen at the same time. What would actually happen through this change is that companies would move their salary employees to hourly employees at a decently higher annual rate to compensate for the change. I do agree that moving from $33k to $58k in 2 years seems extreme, but that would reduce the number of salary employees as the main result.

[@leeames9063]

@@barnabusdoyle4930 If the business is making several million or more a year in profits then they can afford to pay their workers more money without having to increase prices. Businesses have been seeing record profits even during an inflation. I wonder why?

[@Room1sixtyfive]

Deny, defend and depose.

[@LilDi2024]

The big lie is you get ahead with hard work. Corporations have destroyed capitalism & now we have terrible customer service & fewer employers. It's time to admit these facts. Greed is destroying the American dream.

[@sblijheid]

Nope. Democrats destroyed capitalism with their constricting laws. Greed has always been around.

[@creekhandyman5974]

Greed has always been there, long before the USA. Greed is predictable, you can count on it. The problem isn't greed in business, that's how business works, the problem is greed in congress. Congress will lie to you and tell you how much they care about you, meanwhile they're lining their pockets with kickback money and insider trading. Stop feeding the monkey by trying to make things fair for others, fair doesn't exist. Instead, get out of the way so adults can make adult decisions concerning their own lives.

[@MilDarty]

Or well… it’s not a capitalist society and hasn’t been since the early 1900’s with the establishment of the federal reserve you live in a corporate oligarchy…

[@skatingsam96]

​@@MilDartyboom, you're on to it

[@leeames9063]

Time to make monopolies illegal. And businesses should have to take care of their customers and employees before the CEOs and shareholders.

[@jormungaurd]

So we’re supposed to feel bad about companies that want to make their employees salaried so that they don’t have to pay overtime. Here’s an easy solution don’t work your employees overtime hire another employee. Instead of demanding one person to obviously do the work of two people.

[@matthewrodgers740]

That’s American business they always prioritize their profits over anything else, including the employees

[@dl4087]

Why do you think we have wars? It surely isn't for democracy.

[@mac11380]

Well start your own business and prioritize the employees over profits and show them how its done.

[@AChillin01R]

@@mac11380 If you actually listen to what he really is saying. He is saying do not pay your CEO 10 million dollar bonus and give it to your employees.

[@macharrington7733]

I don't know how a SINGLE federal judge.....in another state, appointed by a partisan politician can change the rules for a whole country.

[@MAXIMUSMINIMALIST]

Thanks for the reminder that our public education system is a failure this is basic civics 😂😂

[@macharrington7733]

@MAXIMUSMINIMALIST I didn't say it wasn't true. I don't see how it's right.

[@edwinrodeo]

Federal judges carry the law throughout the country. Other judges in appeals can hear case decisions If the parties feel wrong. It goes all the way to the top

[@adamyoung9132]

It wasn't a law. Departments shouldn't be making these arbitrary rules, and the judge agreed. If you want these changes, then they should be voted on.

[@johnanders4729]

@@adamyoung9132You are living in a dream world, if you think our politicians would ever vote on this issue in the first place.

[@johndoe8785]

Right, we voted for Trump because we want less money. Are y'all for real with this?

[@elmerkilred159]

Businesses have been exploiting cheap American labor for over 30 years. The federal minimum wage has not even doubled. in over 30 years. Had the minimum wage kept up with the basic cost of living (Food. clothing. & shelter), the Federal minimum wage would be $35.00 an hour in 2024. $35K per year is a poverty wage.

[@WhydoIsuddenlyhaveahandle]

Amazing you don't see how the minimum wage laws keep wages low by legally giving the companies an out instead of negotiating salary and how it causes all prices to raise. We need to REPEAL these laws, not double down

[@elmerkilred159]

@@WhydoIsuddenlyhaveahandle It's amazing that you don't see that the most economically viable times for all Americans existed between 1944 & 1974 when minimum wage kept up with the cost of living. You probably don't know this because you listen to Right Wing propaganda sites who collect their data from the CATO Institute and Heritage Foundation.

[@elmerkilred159]

@@WhydoIsuddenlyhaveahandle Minimum wage does not keep wages low. It's AMAZING that you don't know that between 1944 though 1974 were the most prosperous times in American history. Minimum wage kept up with the cost of living. The minimum wage started at .25 cents per hour and was increased to eight times its original value to $2.00 an hour by 1974. Between 1994 and 2024 minimum wage hasn't even doubled once. Negotiation of a salary is a thing of the past from the 1950s when minimum wage kept up with the cost of living. You cannot negotiate when the floor that you stand on doesn't rise.

[@ssjlkrillin]

For those who do not believe salaried workers are being screwed: Let's take two employees with a base pay of $40000: one is salaried, the other one hourly. They both work an extra four hours every other pay period (two weeks). The hourly employee and the salaried employee both have a base pay rate of $19.23/hr; however, the hourly employee will get overtime for those extra four hours, so those 13 pay periods with the overtime will end up having this employee making an extra 3.75% over base pay. Meanwhile, the salaried employee, having to work those same hours, will actually suffer a 4.7% pay cut from base, due to their adjusted rate being $18.32/hr (gross pay divided by 84 hours). The total spread is actually approximately 8.5%, due to the time the salaried employee threw away with no extra pay. Of course, the tables will turn if the work hours were less than 40, but when has that ever truly happened on a consistent basis?

[@brettfavrewelfarequeen9886]

Exactly. To take it one step further, when a company stays open on federal holidays, the exempt (salaried) employees are screwed out of double time pay as well. The company may offer "comp" time to the exempt employees, but managment always finds a reason to not honor the comp time.

[@donaldlee6760]

That's a great explanation at the math, however those employees most affected will find this math confusing and sadly end up not understanding why they should even care.

[@AvidDoes]

Salary means guaranteed set pay. Hourly means next week your schedule can change and your hrs are not guaranteed... This is a huge difference for security in pay. Security of my pay I'm just to help a little extra.. Just my thoughts.

[@kriswingert1662]

@@brettfavrewelfarequeen9886 Comp time is illegal in most states.

[@EdwardDelgado-ym1hr]

In my first two years we worked 17 months mandatory overtime. People were getting write-ups left and right. Then covid hit and the mandatory overtime stops and so did the write-ups. Everyone was so wore out they were making mistakes they normally wouldn't make. To me four days off a month just isn't right

[@SharekGadd]

I was forced into a salary eight years ago. I’ve never worked more unpaid overtime in my life. Think about that balance of power before you cry about this issue.

[@BG-qx2st]

Stop working OT then if people continue to work OT when they shouldn’t then they are letting companies win

[@halffast7799]

How were you forced?

[@667SatansNeighbor]

I have chewed out people and walked out of interviews many times... When I am in the process of getting hired, I am in total control of the interview. I start by asking questions first, writing down notes on their answers, and letting them know I am comparing what they have to offer me, to what other potential employers are offering me. I have stood up and said "this isn't good for me, see ya, wouldn't want to be ya" many times. When I apply, I am doing them a favor, they need me... not the other way around.

[@kweeks10045]

Employers can still pay the higher amount if they want to. States can also change the rules for that state. Those amounts are peanuts in places like New York City and and would probably sink a business in rural Oklahoma. It's ridiculous to have a blanket rule that does nothing but hurt people and businesses in 50%+ of the country.

[@crewxp]

☝️☝️☝️ amazes me how people can't see the bigger picture and think selfishly. Band-Aid Band-Aid Band-Aid always with these people instead of critical analysis, root causes, and staying true to our country was originally designed.

[@CNMBTLJN]

Which sounds fine until you realize most of the products and services people in Oklahoma buy are priced at the national level by people living in tow York and California.

[@MilDarty]

It would… maybe. Depends on the business and their hours which would be fine for funeral homes, which a lot of us former and current morticians own our own business for a reason, because it’s really peanuts on what you get paid at some places.

[@kimberlyhansen6754]

Uhh not sure what planet the judge lives on or any other business BUT WE CANT LIVE ON 38,000 a year!

[@voltz15]

Remember Trump wants to end taxes on overtime. Think of what he meant and that everyone and everything "Republican" supporting him...

[@FarmerRiddick]

Minimum wage in the early 80's as a young teen, $3.35. A #1 combo meal, about that. Today, in my area, minimum wage is just over $14.50 and the #1 combo is about same. The more money that is put out there in circulation, the more that will be vacuumed up. The dog chases the tail.

[@1st_Force_Recliner]

Scrooge McDuck taught me this lesson when I was a kid watching "Ducktales."

[@elmerkilred159]

Federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour. The federal minimum wage in 1994 was $4.25 an hour. This means the federal minimum wage has not even doubled in over 30 years. Median Rent in 1994 = $447.00 a month Median Rent in 2024 = $1388.00 a month. 4.25 an hour x 40 = $170.00 per week 7.25 an hour x 40 = $290.00 per week. $14.50 seems like a good deal, but it is behind the times by about 20 years. 14.50 an hour x 40 = $580.00 week. The "actual" minimum wage had it kept up with the cost of living would be $35.00 an hour. 35.00 x 40 = $1400.00wk The cheeseburger argument doesn't work because most fast food places don't make their money on the sales of cheeseburgers. (They are in the real estate business).

[@BBpaintball]

If the federal stayed out of it then the value of the dollar would be the same. The only thing that causes inhalation is the government. If they stopped printing money tomorrow and quit spending imaginary dollars they don't have then cheeseburgers would go back to being $1 in 5 years, but they won't. They will mess with minimum wage and cheeseburgers will will be $15 in five years and basement dwellers will want to be paid $40/hr to work at McDonald's.

[@moonsy-9733]

@@elmerkilred159 yep, and inflation is driven by the govt & super wealthy offloading their debt onto everyone else.

[@RevengeOfThaNerd]

@@elmerkilred159thank you.

[@silus73]

Don't w9rry though the CEO of whichever company you work for will get another 10 million increase in their minimum pay.

[@StuartMcconney]

The same story year after year for the past hundreds of years. Employers suspressing their employees wherever they can. Its all about how much money they can line thier pockets and what they can get away with.

[@noble_norse7786]

The same story year after year of employees agreeing to a wage at hire and than demanding more for doing less.

[@StuartMcconney]

​@noble_norse7786 I've certainly experienced that while working alongside people who are members of a union in one department supplying services to a non union commissioned sales department. You'd need to be more specific about your scenario than just " agreed to a wage at hire" as your argument.

[@noble_norse7786]

@StuartMcconney LOL, you mean you stood there watching the non-union guys work!

[@noble_norse7786]

@@StuartMcconney And I was specific, pay is negotiated at hire. Was it not? Why do you get to renegotiate a contract/agreement after the fact? Your entitlement is showing gramps! 🤔

[@StuartMcconney]

@noble_norse7786 yes. If I wanted the union guys to work I had to grease the hinges. They would often talk our clients out of the sale. They got paid to show up regardless of the install. Unions are a good thing when they're managed with integrity, apparently. It's the greedy and the lazy in the rank and file that spoil it.

[@Electro-nics]

Who the hell can have a good life with $35k per year?

[@James-bo1ox]

I worked for a company before where supervisors were salaried. Working 70+ hours a week and only getting paid around$45,000 a year.

[@Kytw]

You ever drive a truck,?

[@MarkTurner-vs7uc]

One judge. Not accountable in any way. Vigilance committees would solve this overnight. Real solutions for real problems real quick.

[@gooddad3575]

That's only a bonus for managers

[@eman7892]

You want OT, work hourly. Want salary? No OT... been a simple concept for 100 years..

[@gsleatherworks2442]

But….but…that’s just not “fair”! We want to have our cake and make somebody else buy it too!

[@Steve-yo4ld]

What's funny is no one knows where this pay crap came from:👇 "A federal judge in Texas entirely eliminated a rule from President Joe Biden’s administration that expanded overtime protections for workers by requiring employers to pay overtime premiums to more salaried people, multiple outlets reported, eliminating one of the highest-profile Labor Department rules enacted during the Biden administration."

[@jaekae-u3k]

Salary should be a maximum of 40 hours or you should get ot.

[@gsleatherworks2442]

OT is for hourly wages. If you want OT after 40? Do not accept a salary position! It really isn’t rocket science!!

[@eman7892]

@jaekae-u3k salary should be 50hrs..

[@LigmaNutz-u7c]

Unlivable wages no one can live off of this noone this is slavery

[@otisjenkinsjr.3556]

Did you drop out in 5th grade?

[@jacbuc1]

I dont think you understand the meaning of Slavery.

[@MsJones-js6cq]

right. smh

[@gsleatherworks2442]

Slaves don’t get paid…. But you believe if you must actually work, and you don’t make as much as the owner or more….slavery!! Waah! I can’t afford a home at 30!!! But I only work 40hrs a week and have a car payment, smartphone, several computers, video game consoles and only eat out or order uber food delivery. Oh and knee deep in credit card debt too-but that’s old people’s fault! They made me… Cry me a river. Life’s tough! It’s even harder when you believe you’re entitled.

[@kalie_plays8646]

What a coward Mexicans have been living on half of that and we don't get tax refunds or human rights grow some balls

[@jarrodsunda5489]

If you can't afford employees you don't have a company. It's a swipe at the working class, atleast we know what to do with CEOs now

[@rws91942]

Restaurants managers are often expected to work the floor and work additional hours in order to meet labor target's. It is very easy for them to not even make minimum wage, when all the hours of work were factored in. Lowering the wage threshold makes this abuse a lot easier.

[@RipMinner]

I suggest people stop working this crap. I did. I did not get a better job or anything all jobs suck. But I stopped working any job every time they try this crap. I worked at every fast food joint in my 20's and no longer work for any of them.

[@rws91942]

@RipMinner I'm happy for you but that shouldn't be the end all solution. Nobody should be working for less than minimum wage. And if companies need to rely on wage theft in order to survive they don't need to be in business at all. We should be advocating against this very common form of wage theft.

[@sblijheid]

Then don't take the job.

[@rubencruz-k9c]

Negotiate for an hourly rate. Next year, overtime is supposedly tax free. Salary is for suckers.

[@0liverfarfan65]

If you are not making $80k per year. Your high school diploma was a waste of time.

[@fleshbag7754]

Explain...

[@mickhick619]

The ruling wasn't to reduce base salary. It was a ruling to reduce the base amount of salar individuals to become eligible for overtime. What DOL was trying to do was say is if someone had a salary less than $83k they would NOT be eligible for overtime. The judge overturned that to say anyone who makes over $35k should be eligible for overtime this a massive misinformation. Nothing about the judges ruling was to reduce salary income the courts DO NOT HAVE THAT POWER.

[@MusouInken]

I think you've misinterpreted something along the way. The Fair Labor Standards Act has an overtime exemption for white-collar (salaried) employees. The way that exemption is defined sets in currently at a minimum salary of 35k. The DoL issued a new rule to set the minimum salary to qualify for that exemption to 58k, instead, starting January 1st, 2025. That would have made salaried employees making less than 58k eligible for overtime pay.

[@topperman4541]

How much did the Judge get paid off, and who paid it?

[@CBillR600RR]

Trying to keep the masses enslaved😂

[@fueymanchoo1291]

Trump said he wouldn't tax you on overtime, but he didn't tell you how he was going to do it! No overtime= no taxes on overtime. 😃

[@johnc3525]

Same thing with social security.

[@johnc3525]

Oh, and that's Trump 2025-2028. Trump 2029-2049 will be 40% taxes on overtime that you don't have.

[@meyer5258]

​@@johnc3525You have smoked yourself retarded

[@Robert-ty3qi]

He's not in office yet, Cletus

[@bigvaxmeanie925]

​@Robert-ty3qi he picked this judge 2016 to 2020. Thanks Donald. You really know how to help the working man by keeping them poor

[@LigmaNutz-u7c]

Even if you go to college sometimes you start less then that and have more bills. People sat this generation doesnt want to work. How about my dad worked 1 job supported 3 kids and a cabin and its not like he was an executive. Lets face it america does not treat its citizens like first world people. We dont havea right to healthcare or housing no real opportunity for jobs no growth snd family is unaffordable.

[@gsleatherworks2442]

A right cannot ever be something somebody else must pay for. You have a right to freedom of the press, but that right does not entitle you to force someone else to buy you a computer, typewriter or printing press. You also have the right to bear arms in the 2nd amendment, but that right does not entitle you to a firearm purchased with other people’s money. Want higher wages? Go learn the skills that command a higher wage! Want a home? Go earn the $$ and buy it. The idea that rights are things that must be acquired using the labor and investments of others is called socialism. “Socialism is great until you run out of other people’s money.” Margaret Thatcher-Prime Minister of England (1980’s).

[@lynn7392]

​@@gsleatherworks2442 You understand that it’s not quite that straightforward. And just so you know, I’m an executive with a high salary and hold three degrees.

[@gsleatherworks2442]

And I’m a college educated, semi-skilled laborer with 2/3rds my annual income in student loans…. It is that simple, it’s just not easy! If you’re worth the wage you want & nobody is willing to pay you that wage? You’re not worth that wage doing what you do. If you’re working 80-90 hours a week to afford your current lifestyle as an executive with several degrees as you say? You’re living above your means. PS. I am college educated but left my career for a blue collar job making far less $$. Why? I got tired of working 80+ hrs/7 days a week to have a nice big ranch on 10acres with horses I couldn’t ride and enjoy. I gave it up and learned contentment comes from within-not even from life’s “necessities”. And no, after I quit, I wasn’t able to cash out. I actually wound up busted-lost it all/bankrupt. Life isn’t about houses or cars. It’s about finding contentment wherever you are. With or without the stuff you think you need-feel entitled too.

[@DougFregia]

Word

[@doublevision84]

4 billion workers in the u.s?

[@southernman8142]

It’s about the ability of the employer to provide you a wage that they can pay you and still not have to cut worker’s employment because if the company has to pay more for an employee to do the same job and their earnings are x there’s only so much to go around before they are bankrupt and no one has a job.

[@anonymoustaylor5992]

WRONG! This is Nonsense! If your employer can't pay you the company doesn't work. The employer must manage how to charge customers, provide services, and pay employees. Paying employees shouldn't take a backseat. Employee pay is just as important as customer service. You've been conditioned to believe otherwise and to praise billionaires who tell you to accept this. As a company owner myself, asking guys to take less pay while providing excellent service is not an option. Charge more, downscale, or becoming more efficient is the answer.

[@jerrodyeomans464]

Criminals do things like this, not elected officials. Notice the difference?

[@Amani-0047]

the DEPT OF LABOR isn't qualified to raise wages?! wtf is goin on

[@dquan731]

You voted for this people. No more federal power to help you get higher pay. Let that trickle down economics help you out.

[@KNxkyle82]

Lol I don’t need the government little bro get your own money.

[@tbessy1963]

​@@KNxkyle82 lol. Let's. See if you're laughing when the government takes away everything you have little bro.

[@stinkusmaximus6621]

@tbessy1963..... lol let's wait and see how wrong you are ..... especially with all the lying you've succumbed to. 😢

[@tylerdepe2742]

@@stinkusmaximus6621lol youll be eating your words little bro

[@Cat22275]

Govern me harder daddy 😂 imagine.

[@MariaAvila-ew5kp]

About time thanks

[@seanrhone5306]

Never knew there was a minimum salary for FT.

[@gus24seven]

Great incentive for employers to not give pay raises to hourly workers.

[@GrayWolf413]

Red state values! 🟥

[@carlalatuda6574]

@@GrayWolf413 Those states’ employees will be hurt the most.

[@Cucumberflavoredmustard]

It does no good to give Jane a raise if you have to lay Jessie off.

[@myradioon]

Profitable companies would find a way to keep both. And companies are doing very well right now.

[@jimmyjames6487]

​@myradioon yea, layoffs and bankruptcy is a sure sign they're doing well.

[@myradioon]

@@jimmyjames6487 Layoffs just now because of DJT tarrifs. Nobody was laying anybody off last three years. Companies were begging for workers. Lowest Unemplyment rate in 50 years. Lower than DJT.

[@jimmyjames6487]

@myradioon trump isn't in office and he can't put tariffs on until he is dumfk.

[@myradioon]

@@jimmyjames6487 Companies are doing their spreadsheets for next year and accounting for the Tariffs now. Layoffs usually happen now in response to next year's outlook. It's Economics/Business 101.

[@makojuicedaniel9307]

NO MORE RULING FROM THE BENCH!

[@thekey1682]

Will this be appealed to a higher court

[@James-q1t8h]

I was salary, then without any talks got put on hourly… any dealership in Illinois is not required to pay overtime. This is unfair, all hourly workers should be paid overtime after 40 hours or get rid of overtime all together

[@KKONET3498]

Overtime is a FEDERAL requirement, so if you were denied payment for overtime hours worked, you can contact the federal dept of labor.

[@Godfirstlovedme1977]

Pretty sad we live in corporate America and once again employees get screwed

[@iand654456]

I've worked at many restaurants as a manager and a few as a GM I was always hourly with bonuses for meeting incentives.

[@TheDesroster]

THE RICH GET RICHER AND THE POOR GET POORER.

[@AiOinc1]

If converting them to hourly and paying them overtime is a financial burden they're severely overworked

[@tinycat8338]

When are Americans going to stop paying taxes? Or are we gonna just keep getting our A's pounded?

[@Chief_187]

What he’s saying is I’m not taking a hit on my bonus check so yall better start looking for a new job!!!

[@FightYouTubeCensorship]

The government has no business telling private business what to pay their employees. This stuff needs to stop. These people willingly take these jobs, right? Ridiculous

[@tanyajones5821]

Its the only jobs most can get there are not enough good paying jobs for everyone to get one wow you really are stupid and an asshole

[@myradioon]

Y'all voted for it. Good luck buying those Eggs.

[@Devonellah]

I know --- Its absurd!!!!

[@Steve-yo4ld]

"A federal judge in Texas entirely eliminated a rule from President Joe Biden’s administration that expanded overtime protections for workers by requiring employers to pay overtime premiums to more salaried people, multiple outlets reported, eliminating one of the highest-profile Labor Department rules enacted during the Biden administration."

[@user-bg2oi4bz3p]

Y'all voted for Bidung's inflation.

[@ethikohl]

​@@user-bg2oi4bz3p you mean the inflation caused by the pandemic that affected every country?

[@frankorobinson1540]

And proud I did you wokies are still wining

[@BraydenBeckham-t2c]

If paying your employees a livable wage is considered a burden for you then maybe you should be deposed.

[@Royalle_with_Cheese]

I'm retired. When I worked, I got OT on a daily basis. From hour 8-10 was time and a half. Anything over 10 hours was double time. If I were still working and lost that, I'd be pretty upset.

[@Thewritingisonthewallforusall]

I’ve always payed taxes on my OT

[@joekev27]

They need a new title for executive administrative PROFESIONAL employees because its an absolute joke to use that title and say yep thats deserving of 35k a year. Good luck trying to live out of a car from the 90s on that kind of salary.

[@mbbno]

This is simply wrong. This is not a burden for employers. The employers need to reduce CEO and VP level pay.

[@alexanderkarius1611]

So a double blow, pay less and no overtime pay. Glad you're reporting this. And we think the guy who hates paying OT might help the working class, idiocy.

[@SgtJoeSmith]

wont be a burden on employers. itll be a burden on employees that got to pay twice as much for everything

[@seanedwards7047]

This case is really about how much power the Labor Department should or should not have. This is the kind of thing the incoming Administration is talking about when they speak on the "Administrative State" making decisions when Congress should be the one making these. Congress can pass any law they want, so don't blame the judge for reigning in the DOL.

[@drtyhay]

Salary just seems like a scam to me in general.

[@O1dmanwalker]

This is why in stores nobody wants to be the manager.

[@stevenevol6304]

The GOP definitely has an obligation to protect those 10s of billions of dollars of corporate profits

[@inthejcurve7968]

$35,568 annually = $17.75/hour for 40hours/week Most salary employees work 60 hours a week. $35,568 annually = $11.85/hour for 60 hours/week

[@MariaAvila-ew5kp]

We always have wanted an upgrade

[@sportscardude]

That doesn't mean you have to work for that minimum wage. You can always tell an employer "no, that's not enough."

[@shannonriley8299]

35k wont even pay the rent on an apartment anymore.

[@thomasfrazier3378]

A great win for democracy! To all those complaining about execs making millions, this is America and private companies have the right to pay anyone (including you) what they think youre worth. Go work 80 hours a week for a couple decades and become a CEO yourself, then give everyone below you a raise.

[@thebuddha4208]

Shouldn’t everybody receive the same amount of money?

[@michaelwatts9612]

This is when you have a national walk-off.

[@Celexanomnom]

Time to send in the adjusters

[@asymmetry9988]

The minimum amount should vary from state to state. In some areas $58K is adequate to live on, but in many cities and states it is not.

[@kenthaunschild2267]

It is one thing if you are paid a salary and only have to work 40 hours. However, I worked in a manufacturing facility. The workers were hourly and received overtime. It is cheaper to schedule the hourly workers for 60 hours per week rather than hire more. As a salaried supervisor there were many years that I would have made more money as an entry level hourly employee if I had been paid overtime for the same hours worked.

[@danor6812]

People need to read their state overtime laws. Each state is different. In NV salaried employees are to be paid overtime if "asked" to work overtime. If they do it on their own accord, they don't have to be paid for it.

[@MisterLobb]

This would have made many teachers hourly. Most work around 65 hrs/week minimum.

[@oedhelsetren]

It's wild you can force someone to work 50 hours for a 40 hour paycheck at $17/h.

[@tguf456]

That is not salaried paid nor management pay. That is hourly pay.

[@M.J.212]

Project 2025 also proposed eliminating overtime. Trump bold faced lied about not knowing about Project 2025 he's appointed several people who wrote sections of it.

[@adamhuffman3354]

Yea the only reason he lied because of something he is trying to hide! They all do it. Must control everybody.

[@Steve-yo4ld]

Once again, another uneducated! A federal judge in Texas entirely eliminated a rule from President Joe Biden’s administration that expanded overtime protections for workers by requiring employers to pay overtime premiums to more salaried people, multiple outlets reported, eliminating one of the highest-profile Labor Department rules enacted during the Biden administration.

[@adrian8372]

And the crazy part is that people believed him. He has lied so many times before what makes you think he's telling the truth. But now they will have to suffer the consequences, including those who voted for Democrats, unfortunately

[@thehonesttruth8808]

Hey moron, this was a judge, not Trump…I don’t know if you figured this out yet but Trump is not in office yet

[@BlackNewty]

So what was the name of the judge again?

[@tripsix263]

JUST STOP RAISING THE PRICES OF EVERYTHING FFS....

[@BobDaugherty-oo1zj]

The sad thing is my son who works as a cashier at a liquor store makes more than that 36,000 they report in the story and I don’t think that figure has changed since I left the corporate work force in 2005

[@EASTSIDESEE]

Good. Salaried workers do not deserve OT pay.

[@scottjuhnke6825]

Quit putting your budget together as if it's 1972.

[@randydomingo4614]

Increase the base wages, hire more people. OT isn't worth what you think it is. You pay more taxes.

[@bigvaxmeanie925]

Thank you Donald. Your judge pick is amazing for US workers. Make sure they stay poor

[@user-bg2oi4bz3p]

Bidung's 40 million new arrivals are driving wages down and inflation up.

[@bigvaxmeanie925]

@user-bg2oi4bz3p sounds like big business is breaking the law to pay Americans less. The owners should be arrested

[@user-bg2oi4bz3p]

@@bigvaxmeanie925 Bidung announced several times for them to "immediately surge to the border" as soon as he wins the election.

[@MAXIMUSMINIMALIST]

Printing $1 trillion is what caused this depression if you would have stayed in school or had any friends that stayed in school or knew how to use the Internet you would know that already

[@bigvaxmeanie925]

@@MAXIMUSMINIMALIST printing money is irrelevant to this judge's decision to keep Americans poor.

[@joshbull623]

What do salary workers get that hourly workers don't?

[@Lyze]

The word 'salary' comes from the root word 'sal' or salt. This because when you find out you've got 20+ hours of unpaid overtime because you're a salaried worker, it's going to generate a lot of salt.

[@jessieyoung3759]

Well if they made the salary increae that high , they would have just made them hourly .

[@forrestegan]

Easy solution, if you’re salaried just don’t work more than 40 hours a week unless your time isn’t valuable to you. Employers need to understand overtime isn’t a regular thing, it should only be rarely necessary…employees have families and hobbies, they need quality time with both to remain healthy.

[@AzureLupine]

By big burden you mean the CEO can't make 1000x the lowest rate.