https://www.overlawyered.com/2015/10/wage-and-hour-roundup-3/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Thu, 19 Nov 2015 11:45:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.overlawyered.com/2015/10/wage-and-hour-roundup-3/comment-page-1/#comment-329910 Thu, 19 Nov 2015 11:45:05 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=55385#comment-329910 […] How reliable are projections from the Department of Labor about the cost of the President’s ambitious new extension of overtime entitlements to salaried workers earning $23,660-$50,440? The “administration refuses to allow others to check its math. The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, the state agency that I lead, in August requested the specific data and methodology the Labor Department used to calculate its estimates. Our request was denied.” So the department went ahead with its own analysis. “The rule will supposedly cost $2 billion the first year. Our math shows $1.7 billion for Florida alone.” [Jesse Panuccio, WSJ, earlier here, here, here, here, and here] […]

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2015/10/wage-and-hour-roundup-3/comment-page-1/#comment-329042 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 20:23:08 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=55385#comment-329042 “Gig economy just fine, no problems at all” says famous person with a steady writing job who still claims it’s a “gig” because she gets paid by the piece rather than on salary.

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