] Say you're a cook, or a nurse or the assistant manager of
] a store. You've worked more than 40 hours this week, so
] you're entitled to overtime pay, right?
]
] It's hardly that simple, and the Bush administration's
] proposed new rules on overtime pay raise all kinds of
] uncertainties about just who should be entitled to extra
] wages for extra work.
]
] The administration says its rules could cost 644,000
] workers the right to extra wages. Labor unions and
] Democrats say the real number is at least 8 million and
] maybe even higher.
]
] The truth is, nobody's sure precisely how many workers
] will be affected, largely because it's unclear what
] employers would do with the increased flexibility
] provided by rules that are arcane and broadly worded.

This adminstration really is all about screwing the working class, isn't it?

Overtime proposal creates confusion - Sunday, 07/13/03