Federal judge blocks 4 million from overtime pay

Posted by | November 23, 2016 06:26 | Filed under: News Behaving Badly Politics

A federal judge has blocked a Department of Labor rule on overtime pay that made more than 4 million private-sector workers eligible for mandatory extra pay or time off. U.S. District Judge Amos Mazzant of the Eastern District of Texas, whom President Obama appointed, imposed a nationwide injunction against the rule Tuesday at the request of…

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By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.

6 responses to Federal judge blocks 4 million from overtime pay

  1. Budda November 23rd, 2016 at 06:59

    Kicking the worker down once again. I fear we can expect more anti-labor actions with the Dumpster.

    • Larry Schmitt November 23rd, 2016 at 07:43

      All the benchmark figures need to be indexed for inflation. Including the minimum wage. $7.25 since 2009?

    • Lyndia November 23rd, 2016 at 20:58

      Well, this is what the little dummies voted for and this is what the little dummies will get.

  2. Foundryman November 23rd, 2016 at 11:06

    Paying workers what amounts to 1 half or as much as 1% more is…” devastating, harmful and terrible, just terrible especially in states with an extremely low standard of living”…

    Honestly, I think these republicans are zombies, souless gut eaters.

  3. amersham1046 November 23rd, 2016 at 20:49

    May cut into the CEOs million dollar bonuses

  4. robert November 24th, 2016 at 10:35

    So the corporations went lawyer shopping and found one in Texas.

    I consider this another reason never move to this state

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