The Biden administration extended overtime protections on July 1 for one million workers making less than $43,888 a year, and President Joe Biden pledged to expand those protections in 2025 to another 3 million workers, the White House said in a statement.
“A hard day’s work should lead to a fair day’s pay,” President Biden said in the Monday announcement.
Almost all hourly workers in the United States who exceed 40 hours of work in a week are entitled to overtime pay no less than one and a half times their normal rate, according to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). More than 140 million workers are covered by this act….