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Default A billionaire explains the middle class

On Thursday, December 25, 2014 at 7:43:29 PM UTC-5, wrote:

"Only Americans who make less than $23,660 a year are
automatically eligible for time-and-a-half pay after working
40 hours a week. "

Shows that thresholds like these, as well as the minimum
wage, should be inflation indexed, and possibly linked to
the productivity index.


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Unka' George


Much easier to just work for a company that pays more for overtime. Just because a company is not required to pay more for overtime work, does not mean that they can not pay more. And many companies do pay for overtime even though they are not required to do so.

Dan


http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-140-...job-1420659586

He does make more than $23,000 a year, but still gets overtime pay.

Dan