To: Donald Trump, President Elect
Save over time- call to action
The focus right now is to address Presidential rule changes that can be overturned easily on January 21st -see below.
TO DONALD TRUMP : On December 1st the level of salary or exemption for over time which has not been changed for 12 years moves up to $47,892 from the current $23,660- yes you can be paid $11.37 an hour and not earn overtime in some jobs. This is a good economic policy which will increase employment and needs to be preserved.
TO DONALD TRUMP : On December 1st the level of salary or exemption for over time which has not been changed for 12 years moves up to $47,892 from the current $23,660- yes you can be paid $11.37 an hour and not earn overtime in some jobs. This is a good economic policy which will increase employment and needs to be preserved.
Why is this important?
People need to be thinking about what rule changes Obama made that need to be preserved as those are what can easily disappear on January 21st.
Most of them have not been talked about in the campaign.
Like the changes in the overtime laws that take effect December lst.
There are a number of conditions that exempt people from being paid overtime- one is the type of salaried job that can be made exempt. Exemption is also dependent on the job’s salary level. The current level for exemption is $23,660 per year (about $11.37 an hour) set 12 years ago. This is less that what it costs to live in Madison Wi (much less New York, Chicago or San Francisco). Earn more than that in some jobs and you do not get paid for over time
Obama used a rather low amount for the new exemption level $47,892 (about $22.83 an hour)- this is based on the 40th percentile for the lowest American regional market. He also indexed it for inflation so that such a large jump will not occur again.
It will have two effects, people in the targeted job categories who earn near the exemption level will get raises. People in lower wage positions will either get overtime or other people will be hired to help them.
This may be an issue that resonates with many Trump supporters a point of unity.
Save Over Time is one logical grassroots effort for the next 60 days to focus Trump on the policies needed to make America great again. I am sure there are more.
Do not just share the position - many lower income Trump supporters are not online- create a small leaflet with a call to action on the bottom - Something simple - SAVE OVER TIME - a couple of sentences and write Donald Trump c/o the White House- the point is to focus on rule changes and force these issues before the inauguration start focusing on the details as opposed to the sound bytes
Most of them have not been talked about in the campaign.
Like the changes in the overtime laws that take effect December lst.
There are a number of conditions that exempt people from being paid overtime- one is the type of salaried job that can be made exempt. Exemption is also dependent on the job’s salary level. The current level for exemption is $23,660 per year (about $11.37 an hour) set 12 years ago. This is less that what it costs to live in Madison Wi (much less New York, Chicago or San Francisco). Earn more than that in some jobs and you do not get paid for over time
Obama used a rather low amount for the new exemption level $47,892 (about $22.83 an hour)- this is based on the 40th percentile for the lowest American regional market. He also indexed it for inflation so that such a large jump will not occur again.
It will have two effects, people in the targeted job categories who earn near the exemption level will get raises. People in lower wage positions will either get overtime or other people will be hired to help them.
This may be an issue that resonates with many Trump supporters a point of unity.
Save Over Time is one logical grassroots effort for the next 60 days to focus Trump on the policies needed to make America great again. I am sure there are more.
Do not just share the position - many lower income Trump supporters are not online- create a small leaflet with a call to action on the bottom - Something simple - SAVE OVER TIME - a couple of sentences and write Donald Trump c/o the White House- the point is to focus on rule changes and force these issues before the inauguration start focusing on the details as opposed to the sound bytes