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It’s time to fix OVERTIME!

Aug 26, 2015

At the UFCW, we believe that if you do the work, you deserve to be compensated.

Unfortunately, not everyone has a voice on the job, and every day, millions of Americans work

more than 40 hours per week with no pay. That’s because the salary threshold for overtime pay

has been raised only once since 1975.

The current salary threshold is $23,660, which is lower than the federal poverty level for a family

of four. This outdated system has given corporations a free pass to schedule low-level

supervisors and managers for more than 40 hours per week without providing them with any

overtime pay.

But that’s about to change because the U.S. Department of Labor is raising the bar on employers

by setting a higher salary threshold for overtime protection so that more salaried workers will be

eligible to earn overtime when they work more than 40 hours in one week. The proposed

regulation will increase the overtime salary threshold to $50,440 per year by 2016, and extend

overtime protection to almost 5 million additional workers, including those in the food and non-

food retail sector.

The new overtime regulation will benefit workers everywhere and make it harder for employers

to misclassify workers as supervisors. It is the most significant step to address our country’s low-wage,

part-time economy, and will improve the standard of living for millions of Americans.

All workers deserve to be compensated for their hard work—so please take a few minutes to

show your support by visiting: www.ufcwaction.org/overtime.

Time to Fix Overtime

323 thoughts on “It’s time to fix OVERTIME!”

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