FILE - In this June 21, 2018, file photo, Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta speaks during a meeting with President Donald Trump and governors in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington.
Congressional Democrats are trying to increase pressure on Acosta over his handling of a secret plea deal with a wealthy financier accused of sexually abusing dozens of underage girls. A group of House Democrats is asking the Justice Department to reopen the deal with Jeffrey Epstein.
The Obama administration had proposed a more aggressive threshold, mandating overtime pay to those earning less than about $47,000 annually, but that plan was thwarted by a court challenge brought by more than a dozen Republican states and has never taken effect. The Obama administration plan would have made overtime pay available to more than four million additional workers, while the Trump administration estimates its plan would affect 1.1 million workers.
The current overtime rules have not been updated since 2004, during the Bush administration. The Trump administration announced in 2017 that it was reviewing Obama’s proposed rule, with Acosta acknowledging workers’ costs had risen but telling lawmakers doubling the threshold might “create a stress” for companies with a new mandate.
Workers who are paid on an hourly basis are entitled to overtime regardless of their income. But a number of workers in retail, fast food, and other industries have been categorized as having supervisory responsibilities, thus depriving them of overtime pay even if they make as little as $23,000.
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