Trump Pledges to End Taxes on Overtime: ‘Hardest-Working Citizens in Our Country’
Donald Trump pledged to end taxes on overtime, referring to those workers as the “hardest-working citizens in our country.”
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Report: NYPD Overtime Pay for Officers in Crime-Ridden Subways Jumps from $4M to $155M
Overtime pay for more New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers in the city’s subways reportedly jumped significantly between 2022 and this year.
Chinese Woman, 22, Dies of Myocarditis After ‘Days of Overwork’
A 22-year-old woman in eastern China’s Hangzhou city recently died after “days of overwork” in which she reportedly toiled nearly without pause for four to five consecutive days at an internet company, China’s state-run Global Times reported.
MTA Worker Busted for Having Sex at New York Railyard While Collecting Overtime
A Metro North worker resigned last month after the MTA watchdog busted him for having sex with a woman while on the job at a railyard and while collecting overtime pay.
New Jersey Town Attempted to Bill BLM Protester $2,500 for Police Overtime
A teenager who put together a Black Lives Matter protest in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, said she was billed nearly $2,500 for police overtime by the mayor, prompting anger from civil liberties advocates who pressured the town’s mayor to rescind the bill.
More Than 1 Million Employees Eligible for Overtime in 2020
More than one million employees could see a fatter paycheck in 2020 as the federal government is overhauling overtime pay requirements for the first time in 15 years.
Coulter’s Non-Speech Cost Berkeley Half Million Dollars to Pay Cops
The University of California, Berkeley paid police half a million dollars in overtime last Thursday to deal with the threat created by leftists opposed to letting conservative author Ann Coulter speak — even though she never did.
California Janitor Collected a $276,000 Salary in the Past Year
A California janitor collected a six-figure salary over the past year for the third year in a row, TIME reported.
6 Terrible California Bills Jerry Brown Should Veto
Here’s just a sampling of some very bad California bills that were passed (there were a lot more). Unfortunately, every one of these bills drew some GOP support. In some cases that support made the difference in passing.
Sacramento Democrats Push to Expand Farmworker Overtime
Despite the minimum wage for farmworkers jumping from $8 to $10 since June 2014, Sacramento Democrats are going all-in to capture additional overtime pay for farmworkers during the countdown to the 2016 election.
‘Sausage Party’ Animators Accuse Studio of Using ‘Fear Tactics’ to Force Overtime Work
Animators for Seth Rogen’s raunchy R-rated animated comedy Sausage Party have accused the film’s production company, Nitrogen Studios, of using “unfair pressure tactics” to force staff to work overtime for free and of leaving half of their names out of the film’s credits.
White House Overtime Rules Hammer Private Sector, Exempt Public Sector
The U.S. Department of Labor’s final rule change that expands overtime for salaried employees earning $23,660 to $47,476 will cleverly hammer the private sector and generally exempt the unionized public sector.
Supreme Court: Home-Care Workers Get Overtime
Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts signed an order paving the way for two million home-care workers to be eligible for minimum wages and overtime pay.
Cut By Detroit, Josh Smith Thinking Championship in Houston
Daniel J. Freeman catches up with Kevin McHale and Dwight Howard on Houston’s acquisition of Josh Smith. Does Detroit’s malcontent give Houston the tools to contend?
