U.S. judge strikes down Obama administration overtime pay rule

[DonViejo]

Source: Reuters




#U.S.AUGUST 31, 2017 / 4:20 PM / 11 MINUTES AGO

Daniel Wiessner

(Reuters) - A federal judge in Texas on Thursday struck down an Obama administration rule that would have extended mandatory overtime pay to more than 4 million U.S. workers, siding with business groups and 21 states that had challenged it.

The decision came after the same judge last year blocked the rule from taking effect pending his final decision. The Trump administration had already said it would make changes to the rule, which riled trade groups and companies when it was adopted.

The rule would have doubled to about $47,000 the maximum salary a worker could earn and still be automatically eligible for overtime pay.

U.S. District Judge Amos Mazzant in Sherman, Texas, said the salary level was set so high that it could sweep in some management workers who are supposed to be exempt from overtime protections.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-overtime-idUSKCN1BB2Y8

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Get used to assholes like this.

[benld74]

2. SO much bovine excretement

[lark]

3. Fuck them!

I really hate Repugs and their rw enablers.

[CozyMystery]

5. Me too.

[Seedersandleechers]

4. The swamp is flooding

[CurtEastPoint]

6. Appointed by Obama

On October 7, 2016, Judge Mazzant conditionally dismissed securities fraud charges filed by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.[7]

On November 22, Judge Mazzant issued a nationwide injunction blocking a regulation by President Barack Obama attempting to double and periodically increase the maximum salary where overtime is required.[8]


And now this. Fuck you, Mazzant.

[JCanete]

11. Obama appointed him? Fucking a. Well at least he didn't have a litmus test. We can leave that to

the republicans when they put their people on the court.

[atreides1]

15. Yes he was

But under the traditions of the US Senate, the man was probably hand picked by Cornyn and Cruz!!!

[bucolic_frolic]

7. There is a point where workers

continue to work in a workmanlike manner but work less hard

There is also the old theory, held by some: don't work too hard or they will give you more to do.

[csziggy]

12. Yeah, I learned that work rule

I quit because I could not earn enough to support myself. My parents offered to pay for me to finish college so it was a no brainer once I learned I would be getting no raise and no promotion for the next two years.

The final insult was when I learned they had to hire three people to do the job I had been doing alone. Think of all the money they could have saved if they had given me that promised 10% raise after my first year!

After that I never held a job working for anyone else. I ran my own business, worked at my own pace and determined my own value.

[groundloop]

8. Oh those poor poor corporations, they won't survive if forced to pay a decent wage

This bullshit is a get-out-of-jail-free card that lets corporations take advantage of their employees. Every day, every week, every month, and every year more and more money is trickling up to the executive class while less and less goes to workers.

ALSO (watch out, I'm getting on a roll), it's these lower paid "salaried" workers who are most often taken advantage of and forced to work long hours for no extra pay. They often get "promoted" into "management" positions, yet for some strange reason are kept doing the same job they'd been doing all along, but with a new title. Right wingers always spout the same shit - 'those people are free to find a different job if they don't like the one they have'. That's absolutely ridiculous, people shouldn't have to leave their job just to be treated fairly.

[MichMary]

13. It didn't just apply to corporations

It also applied to non-profits, and would have had a pretty adverse effect on many of them.

[ananda]

9. Which is the worst disaster?

Harvey or 45 and his minions?

[Calista241]

14. I would say Harvey

since nobody from the Trump administration was involved in this decision.

[LittleGirl]

10. GD

This is why I won't work in IT anymore. I got tired of being on call 24/7/365 with nothing to show for it.
Fuck this.

[xor]

17. Right.

And also needing to be a server admin, network engineer, security admin, voice admin, email/messaging admin, virtualization admin, programmer, fiber and copper cabling expert, wireless guru, desktop support tech, and whateverelsecomesup admin all in one. Oh and learn it all on your own time and get certified using whatever extra money you have from your low pay.

[LittleGirl]

18. Spot on! Eom

[xor]

16. $47,000/yr is considered management level pay?

That's like about what someone earning $23/hr would make. I made that in a shitty level network engineer level I (glorified copy and paster) position. That's like around entry-level to mid-level wages for a professional where I am from. That isn't management level pay and if management workers are making that then there is obviously a problem.