Employers would have to pay overtime to an estimated 4.3 million additional Americans under a federal rule change, fattening paychecks by $1.5 billion. So of course, Arkansas Republicans are fighting it.
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AG Rutledge celebrates final judgment against overtime pay expansion
On Thursday, a federal judge in Texas struck down an Obama administration rule that aimed to expand mandatory overtime pay, which had been on life support since last fall.
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Federal judge in Texas blocks Labor Department expansion of overtime pay
Federal Judge Amos Mazzant, a judge for the eastern district of Texas, has issued a preliminary injunction against a new Department of Labor rule on the income at which employees are entitled to overtime pay. Arkansas had joined 19 other states, generally led by Republicans, to fight higher pay for workers.
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Leslie Rutledge attacks overtime pay rule change
Attorney General Leslie Rutledge continues her tear in support of the Republican agenda, not surprising given the dark Republican money poured into her election campaign. Now she’s attacking better rules for overtime pay for workers instituted by the Obama administration.
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Arkansas leaders oppose federal overtime pay rule. Of course
The Southwest Times Records reports here on the lamentations of Arkansas business leaders and politicians about the new federal rule on the pay level at which employees must receive overtime pay. Some of the same people are hungry for government handouts for themselves.