Labor Department offers tips to avoid paying overtime

[Judi Lynn]

Labor Department offers tips to avoid paying overtime
Several options help employers 'adjust' how workers paid

By LEIGH STROPE, Associated Press
January 6, 2004

WASHINGTON - The Labor Department is giving employers tips on how to avoid paying overtime to some of the 1.3 million low-income workers who would become eligible under new rules expected to be finalized early this year.

Among the options for employers: cut workers' hourly wages and add the overtime to equal the original salary, or raise salaries to the new $22,100 annual threshold, making them ineligible.

The department says it is merely listing well-known choices available to employers, even under current law.

"We're not saying anybody should do any of this," said Labor Department spokesman Ed Frank.
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http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/national/article/0,1406,KNS_350_2554512,00.html

[SlavesandBulldozers]

1. "we're not saying anybody should do this"

we're just having fun with words and sentences. Please go back to sleep now. Thanks, The Management.

[underpants]

10. Oh no it doesn't mean anything it's just on our website

that's all

[izzie]

2. Welcome to the age of the Robber Barons.

Lets all start back at 1880 once more. The sad part is the very people who voted for this man in office are the same people who will fall back in to the poor class.

[mouse7]

3. That's not sad... it's justice

Too bad they are dragging the rest of us with them.

[cthrumatrix]

4. funny how all is agaisnt the "working class" .... tell the voters...

[xchrom]

5. and we should expect from bushco

something else?
that's what being a conservative means -- steal from the poor and give to -- well the people who steal from them all the time anyway.

[Eric J in MN]

6. Let's publicize this story. Send it to bloggers, write your

Let's publicize this story. Send it to bloggers, write your local paper if it printed the AP story.

[Judi Lynn]

7. Sorry, I just learned this is a dupe

Unintentional, for sure.

foamdad beat me to it, last night:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=299594

[dusty64]

8. This really sums it all up.

Government by the corporations, for the corporations. There can be no more doubt who is in control.

[dusty64]

9. Important.

:kick:

[underpants]

11. $22K is the threshhold????

Jesus a single person could barely make it on that and now no more overtime?

Not of the people nor for the people.

[Moderator]

12. Dupe...locking

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=299594

DU Moderator