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Post by bot on Nov 27, 2016 18:34:13 GMT -5
Hoyer Statement on an Emergency Injunction on the Department of Labor's Overtime Rule
WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement tonight after a federal judge in Texas placed an emergency injunction on the Department of Labor's overtime rule:
"I am very disappointed by this ruling, which is a blow to working families across our country, who deserve to see their hard work translate into higher incomes and greater opportunity. The overtime threshold has been badly eroded by inflation, and this ruling will deny millions of Americans the overtime pay they should earn when they are required to work more than forty hours a week. It would be a mistake for the incoming administration to abandon this fight for overtime pay, and House Democrats will continue to fight for all those who are struggling to make it in America."
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