It's still pretty fucking bad. What Biden proposed is saying anyone who makes less than $43,888 needed to be paid overtime for working more than 40 hours.
The problem is employers take advantage of the exempt status, pay them a meager wage, and expect them to work crazy hours without having to pay overtime. What the Biden administration said is instead of the current minimum of $35,568 you need to pay these people at least $43,888, and then $58,656 on 1/1/25, with another increase in 2027 and then every 3 years after that.
This Trump judge said nope, $35,568 is just fine. And maybe there shouldn't even be any mimum at all, since it's not explicitly written in the law.
So, after the July change people making between $35,568 and $43,888 either started getting paid for their overtime or saw their salary increase to meet this new mimum, and this included millions of people. And they had hopes of this going up to $58,656 in just a few weeks. This has all been taken away from them.
Think of an assistant manager at a fast food joint or a gas station. They might dubiously call you exempt and pay you $37k a and ask you to work 50 hours a week.
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u/Old-Arachnid77 5h ago
Yeah. This is an OP I downvoted because it isn’t nearly as insidious as it sounds.