American Workers Lose $1.2 Billion in 2017 Due to Delay in Update of Overtime Rules
By Ross Eisenbrey, Economic Policy Institute One year ago, the U.S. Department of Labor issued a final rule to update the Fair Labor Standards Act’s overtime rules. The old rules—written by the Bush administration in 2004—have a loophole that leaves millions of salaried employees without the right to overtime pay (and even without the right to […]