Trump Judge Blocks Overtime Pay For 4 Million Workers

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-judge-blocks-overtime_n_6737a8f1e4b089e7d9aa7526

44 comments

  1. Don’t worry, there will be far more anti-worker judges coming soon under Trump… 

  2. It’s ALWAYS a judge in Texas. Who would have thought the side that always screams about legislating from the bench is constantly doing it

    Party of the working class btw /s

  5. don’t worry unions will soon be banned and overtime will also be optional

  6. Trump: “I’ll fix the economy!”

    Us: “are you going to go after your buddies who are part of the problem? Guys like Elon, Bezos and other billionaires?”

    Trump: “oh no. I’m giving them tax breaks..”

    Yeah.. it’s really something America voted for the man who is going to make his rich friends happy. The same people who are the problem.

  8. Why? Why did Texas vote the way they did? Who the fuck is against OT pay? The company I worked for in CA paid OT at >8hr/day. It was marvelous. I often banked it as PTO. Just imagine working an extra 30 mins/day, getting off at noon on Friday AND getting a 40hr paycheck. What the hell is wrong with people?

  10. “He’s the candidate for the working class!”

    Ohhh yeah. Nothing says “working class” like Donald Fucking Trump.

  11. Don’t pay taxes on overtime if you don’t get overtime

  12. TLDR; if you’re salary and make less than $58k but work more than 40 hrs, Biden said companies must pay you overtime. Court rules the federal government doesn’t have the authority to do that.

  14. So are they just going to screw over workers so hard that every one just quits and works for free at Doge?

  15. No taxes on OT. Because OT pay will be eliminated and you’ll pay just normal income tax.

    EZ

  20. I explicitly remember a Trump commercial during the election saying something to the effect of “overtime workers are the backbone of the economy.” LOL, I guess this judge missed the memo.

  22. Trump: No taxes on overtime pay!

    Also Trump: No overtime pay 

  23. If you’re on salary and make less than $58k but work over 40 hours a week, Biden mandated that companies must pay you overtime. 

    However, the court ruled that the federal government doesn’t have the authority to enforce this.

    Okay, let’s do this: You tell me that i need to work more than 40 hours, but you’re not compensating me for the extra time. 

    I work in IT and and I’ll gladly cripple your business to make a point. 

  24. And that’s why he said he wasn’t going to tax overtime. He refused to go pay overtime to his workers

  25. Crazy how he is doing everything he said he would. Well that’s not crazy the cray part is the people who voted for him said he’s just talking he won’t do those things.

  26. I’m gonna love seeing all that remorse from all the morons who voted for Drumpf

  27. Suddenly all the union bros. who voted for Trump are putting those red hats way at the back of the closet

  29. statistically most of those 4 million worker voted for this so… I assume they’re happy about it?

  30. Can’t be taxed on overtime if you don’t work overtime… that’s Trump politics

  31. Enjoy it you losers. I’m done trying to explain how you are voting against your own livelihood. I’ll be good either way.

  32. And people honestly thought that Trump and his people would be better for the economy and the working class. How clueless do you have to be?

  33. Oh THIS is what Trump supporters voted for. Great work.

  34. When you vote for a guy who notoriously stiffs people who worked for him & doesn’t pay his bills, then get shocked when like-minded judges he appointed stiff you from your hard-earned money.

    You did this to yourselves. America is about to have a hard 4 years.

  35. Can’t get taxed on overtime if you can’t get paid for it. His first political promise ever kept.

  36. Im sure this is Obama’s fault or some immigrant. That is the go-to scapegoat of MAGA?

  38. The only reason my best friend voted R is because he believed he’d make more money (not getting taxed to work OT). He refused to listen to me state fact about Trump being anti-OT.

    I know this article isn’t directly Trump, but rather historical collateral damage. I expect this won’t be the last time something like this comes up.

    🎶Hate to say I told you so🎶

  39. Hit 40 hours? Clock out and leave. Boss complains? Tell them Trump took away your pay and you’re not working even one minute of overtime because of it.

  40. Can’t tax overtime if there is no overtime…

  41. Can’t be mad. He literally told everyone he was against overtime pay

  44. A little misleading headline for those who didn’t read.

    Not Trump himself but a Texas federal judge appointed by Trump in his last term, struct down the new rules by the department of labor on a set of automatic nation wide raises to the overtime salary thresholds.

    That’s the dollar amount the DOL sets for salaries that if your salary is lower, you still have to be paid overtime.

    The crappiest party of all this, is that the DOL could appeal but now that Trump is coming in they likely will not get support to pursue that.

    I want to say that everyone who is giving up because of Trump and his control of the federal government, don’t. When it comes to rules and laws like these, sure the Fed ain’t helping, but states can still implement them on their own. Like 8 states have higher thresholds in place now than the DOL wanted.

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