Press Clips | September 7, 2023

Millions more workers would receive overtime pay under proposed Biden administration rule

Via: New Hampshire Bulletin

The Department of Labor’s new rule would require employers compensate full-time workers in management, administrative, or other professional roles for(…)

Press Clips | September 22, 2022

Mandatory overtime is garbage

Via: Vox.com

Your boss is the boss of your job, not of your life. The Polk County Professional Firefighters union is in the throes(…)

News Releases | July 27, 2022

NELP Commends President Biden for Nominating Jessica Looman as DOL’s Wage and Hour Division Administrator

Following is a statement from Rebecca Dixon, executive director of the National Employment Law Project: “The National Employment Law Project(…)

Press Clips | March 9, 2022

Hochul proposes covering costs to farmers for new overtime rules

Via: Times Union

A subsidy that could cost taxpayers up to $130 million annually is being proposed by Gov. Kathy Hochul to indefinitely(…)

Press Clips | January 19, 2022

Will the Biden Administration Deliver on Overtime Pay?

Via: Capital & Main

“When you talk to workers, it’s as much about getting their personal lives and time back as it is about(…)

News Releases | January 23, 2020

Colorado the 4th State to Reject Trump Overtime Pay Rollback

New rule locks in overtime pay protections for Colorado workers earning up to $55,000 by 2024.

News Releases | December 11, 2019

Worker Rights Groups Applaud Washington State for Restoring Overtime Pay and Fighting the Trump Overtime Roll-Back

Nearly 400,000 workers will benefit from new or strengthened overtime protections.

News Releases | November 4, 2019

Labor Department Proposal Would Permit Employers to Do End-Run Around Overtime Pay

The proposed rule would upend decades of protections for some workers. 

News Releases | September 24, 2019

Trump’s Labor Dep’t Rolls Back Previous Obama Rule, Issues Wholly Inadequate Overtime Regulation

No one should be fooled by DOL’s new overtime regulation, which covers far fewer workers than a 2016 rule.

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