Under the radar, the Dept. of Labor wants to reclassify jobs to eliminate overtime pay; the public comment period ends Monday. "In 78 job classifications that the group (that being the Economic Policy Institute) examined out of 257 white-collar occupations, an estimated 8 million workers would lose their right to overtime pay," including emergency medical technicians, paralegals, licensed practical nurses, draftsmen, surveyors, reporters, editors, chefs, cooks, dental hygienists and health technicians. (My emphasis.)
No danger of any members of those professions reaching the top 400 taxpayers mentioned below anytime soon, I'd say.
Updated to Add: As you might expect, DOL disputes EPI's findings.
Posted by Linkmeister at June 27, 2003 12:20 PMI worked in a hospital for 19 years. Heavy duty stuff like ER, ICU, OR, Delivery Rooms and transporting patients to other hospitals...
There is nothing worse than a health care worker who is exhausted. They can't think straight. It is hard enough working 7pm to 7am or 11pm to 7am on a regular schedule. But to work when you are on call, and have to be at peak performance and not get paid...
Lets wait until one of those bastards has an MI and wants "proper" care by someone who is bone tired...
They may just change their minds about paying overtime...
Its hard enough getting good help anywhere today.. at least give someone the incentive to come to work by giving them bucks....