The President’s overtime pay rules seem like a great thing for the working class, but the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry. There is an unsung casualty of these new rules, low level managers. The Prez’s rule change expands overtime rules to those in management positions making up to $50k a year thus all but forcing employers to cease incentive programs aimed at incentivizing said managers, and replacing it with productivity sapping overtime. What goes around, comes around.
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