

Economy May 24

Last week, the Obama administration unveiled new overtime regulations that would double the salary threshold that automatically entitles workers to overtime pay to $47,476.
By Kristen Doerer
Nation Aug 21

A federal appeals court on Friday revived Obama administration regulations that guarantee overtime and minimum wage protection to nearly 2 million home health care workers.
By Sam Hananel, Associated Press
Economy Jul 03

President Obama's overtime proposal nearly doubles the overtime salary threshold under which all workers must receive time and a half.
By Kristen Doerer
Politics Jun 29

Salaried workers who earn nearly $1,000 per week would become eligible for overtime pay under a proposal President Barack Obama unveiled Monday, lamenting that too many Americans are working too many hours for less pay than they deserve.
By Christopher S. Rugaber, Associated Press
Jun 18

By Paul Solman
Overtime is a major labor issue in the United States today. While the Fair Labor Standards Act ensures that salaried workers making less than $23,600 a year must be paid time and a half for every hour they work over…
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court has sided with the Obama administration in upholding a rule making mortgage brokers eligible for overtime pay under federal labor law.
Dec 11

By Nora Daly
Why are workers putting in longer hours when overtime pay is not guaranteed? Join the discussion on Twitter today at 1 p.m. EST.
Dec 01

By Nick Hanauer
Billionaire venture capitalist Nick Hanauer explains why today's middle class is feeling stuck, how that hurts the whole economy and what President Obama can do about it -- with a stroke of his executive pen.
Apple Supplier Foxconn Pledges Better Working Conditions, but Will it Deliver?…
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