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Washington
–
U.S.
Senator
Tim
Scott
(R-SC),
author
of
the
Protecting
Workplace
Advancement
and
Opportunity
Act,
released
the
following
statement
following
the
Obama
administration’s
publication
of
a
final
rule radically
changing
who
is
eligible
for
overtime
pay.
The
Department
of
Labor's
rule
more
than doubled
the
salary
threshold
for
whom
is
eligible,
which
promises
to
have
a
host
of
unintended
consequences
for
the
very
workers
they
are
trying
to
help.
“The
Obama
Administration’s
new
overtime
rule
will
have
swift
and
damaging
impacts
on
hard
working
American
families,
as
well
as
small
businesses,
non-profits
and
colleges
and
universities,” said Senator
Tim
Scott,
a
member
of
the
Senate
Labor Committee.
“This
president
and
his
administration
continue
to
disregard
the
full economic
realities
of
their
policies,
and
their
lack
of
foresight
is
clearly
evident
in
the
final
overtime
rule.
Our
nation’s
economy,
which
is
still
struggling
to
recover,
simply
cannot
afford
to
have
the
Obama administration continue
to
implement
more
damaging
rules
and
regulations.
Bureaucrats
in
Washington
cannot
create
jobs,
but
they
certainly
can
destroy
them."
Senator
Scott’s
Protecting
Workplace
Advancement
and
Opportunity
Act,
which
he
introduced
in
March
with Senator
Lamar
Alexander
(R-TN)
and
Representatives
Tim
Walberg
(R-MI)
and
John
Kline
(R-MN),
would nullify
the
rule.
The
bill
would
require
the
department
to
conduct
a
comprehensive
economic
analysis
on
the
impact
of
mandatory
overtime
expansion
to
small
businesses,
nonprofits,
and
public
employers before
issuing
any
subsequent
rule.
It
would
also
ensure
future
changes
to
the
salary
threshold
accurately
reflect
the
economic
realities
facing
workers
and
employers
by
making
clear
automatic
increases
without
notice
and
comment
are
not
allowed
under
current
law.
A
broad
coalition
of
associations,
higher
education
institutions,
businesses,
nonprofits
and
other
stakeholders
have
come
out
against
the
rule
and
asked
the
Obama
administration
to
withdraw
the
proposal
and
perform
a
new
analysis
on
the
impact
of
the
rule
to
better
account
for
differences
in
local
economic
conditions.
Last
week,
during
a
Small
Business
Committee
hearing,
Senator
Scott
questioned
witnesses
on
the
overtime
rule
that
will
hurt
our
workforce
and
employers.
Video
from
that
hearing
is
available
HERE.
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