Restore the threshold for overtime pay to Middle Class income levels of $60,000.00/year or more.
Since the 1970's average incomes have decreased while hours worked have increased. Only workers earning an annual income of under $23,660 qualify for mandatory overtime. By 2013, just 11 percent of salaried workers qualified for overtime pay, according to a report published by the Economic Policy Institute.
In a recent Gallup poll, salaried Americans now report working an average of 47 hours a week, and 18 percent report working more than 60 hours per week.
This is free labor to employers that could go to reducing unemployment or increasing your pay.
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