Trump expected to make it harder for workers to get overtime pay and benefits

The incoming Trump administration is expected to change the rules and make it harder for workers to get overtime pay and benefits.

The New York Times reported.

“There will be a concerted effort to overturn consistent NLRB precedents,” said Heidi Schierholz, a senior Obama administration Labor Department official, referring to the National Labor Relations Board.

Experts such as Ms. Schierholz, who is now president of the liberal Economic Policy Institute, said they also expected Trump. the administration to ease enforcement of safety rules, reduce the right to overtime pay and make it harder for gig workers to obtain employee status.

The reason blue-collar workers should never vote for Trump can be seen in his first term record on jobs.

Trump is an extremely anti-worker president

As I wrote in our newsletter Daily newspaper.

Donald Trump rolled back the Obama administration's overtime rules and stripped 8.2 million workers of their right to overtime.

Trump has used his presidency to ensure that workers are paid less and face more barriers to organizing, but if there's one action that stands out from the rest, it's how Trump tried to change the tip.

According to the Economic Policy Institute, “One of the most egregious Trump DOL rules was the proposed “tip theft” rule, which would have allowed employers to pocket their employees’ tips as long as workers were paid minimum wage.EPI estimates that, if finalized, the rule would result in annual to $5.8 billion in lost wages.However, before the final approval of the rule, reports revealed that the Secretary of Labor had put in a lot of effort to hide the DOL's economic analysis that showed the rule was costly to workers. After this news, Congress added a section to the Fair Labor Standards Act prohibiting employers from keeping tips received by workers, ultimately invalidating the proposed rule.”

When Trump promised not to tax overtime pay, he left out a key detail. He's going to make it impossible for many workers to get overtime pay, so it doesn't matter if it's not taxed. Millions of workers won't get it.

Workers have had a great time under Joe Biden for yearsbut all that progress will be erased when Trump takes office.

Trump is the most hostile president to workers in a century, and yet some people didn't seem to know what they were voting for and sent him back to the White House.

Jason is the editor-in-chief. He is also the White House Press Center and Congressional Correspondent at PoliticusUSA.Jason holds a BA in Political Science with a focus on public policy, specializing in social reform movements.

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