the bush administration is proposing a rule change which would effectively eliminate the overtime of 8 million employees in the u.s. essentially the rule change would make it easier for employees who would otherwise be entitled to overtime pay under the fair labor standards act to be classified as an exempt employee from the federal overtime rules. if an employee is exempt, the law does not require any additional pay for overtime work. its a technical change in the regulations interpreting the law that is getting virtually no coverage, but will effect the take home pay of a lot of people if it goes into effect. this is the type of thing that could easily be used to embarass the administration into changing. if anyone notices, that is.
on a related note, cathy stumbled upon the perfect metaphor for what it feels like to live in america under this administration
