21 States Sue Obama Over New Overtime Rules

Has there ever been a president that has been sued this much? His administration has sued numerous times over their lack of response to Freedom Of Information Act requests. They’ve been sued over regulations and rule making. It just continues on and on

(Fox News) President Obama is doing anything but closing out his lame duck term quietly.  On the contrary he’s doing yet another end run around both the U.S. Congress and all 50 states, imposing yet another mandate that will cost money and jobs, possibly forcing states to raise taxes as well.

Twenty-one states have filed a federal lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Sherman, Texas, to stop him.  Hours after the states filed their lawsuit, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business groups filed a similar lawsuit with the same federal court.

Obama’s new mandate would force employers in all states to pay overtime to certain state employees. These employees include “bona fide executive, administrative, or professional” workers as they are not covered by the federal law that requires states to pay overtime for work performed beyond 40 hours in a week.  The mandate applies to both private and public sector employers.

This seems to go back to Obama’s overtime decree, which would require employers to give certain people OT even though they are what is called “exempt” per law, which would mean fewer people being made management and more people having their hours limited. Oh, and more turned into part timers. As Andy Puzder, CEO of CKE Restaurants and a member of the Job Creators Network noted

(Forbes) The real world is far different than the Labor Department’s Excel spreadsheet. This new rule will simply add to the extensive regulatory maze the Obama Administration has imposed on employers, forcing many to offset increased labor expense by cutting costs elsewhere. In practice, this means reduced opportunities, bonuses, benefits, perks and promotions.

Perhaps the biggest consequence of the rule is that it will cause some employers to reclassify salaried employees as hourly, and set schedules so they can more easily track hours worked and avoid excessive claims for overtime. For example, taking a manager’s current salary and allocating it across 45 hours (with 5 hours of overtime pay) will result in no increased labor expense or increased salaries. However, it would mandate five hours of overtime, rather than allowing managers to take advantage of the flexible schedules they currently enjoy.

Back to the Fox article

As of now, starting December 1, 2016, all state employees will be entitled to overtime if they earn up to $913 per week regardless of whether they have “executive, administrative, or professional” responsibilities.

State government estimates peg the number of workers impacted at a minimum of 500 and reaching into the thousands, per state.  Iowa projects its budget hit to be over $19 million, other states likely a lot more.

It’s a lot harder for government to get rid of employees than the private sector, and less ability to do things that limit costs. Since they are rarely in the business of providing products and/or service that generates revenue, their #1 option is to raise taxes to increase revenue. There’s another avenue available, as well

Not coincidentally, Nevada – through its Attorney General Adam Laxalt – is the lead plaintiff in this lawsuit.

In filing the suit Laxalt said: “This rule, pushed by distant bureaucrats in D.C., tramples on state and local government budgets, forcing states to shift money from other important programs to balance their budgets, including programs intended to protect the very families that purportedly benefit from such federal overreach.”

Barring new revenue, they would have to shift money, taken from the taxpayers, from programs and services that benefit the taxpayers into paying employees.  This is all the typical Obama overreach, from a guy who has barely ever worked in the private sector or had to hire and employ and pay people. He has no working knowledge of how the economy works.

Crossed at Right Wing News.

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6 Responses to “21 States Sue Obama Over New Overtime Rules”

  1. john says:

    Teach why haven’t you commented on Obama’s poll numbers in so many months?
    Or the record breaking median income rise of 5% last year? more doom and gloom right? If only those Red states could do as well as the blue
    Better take a look at how Americans polled for Gallup
    http://www.gallup.com/topic/economy.aspx

  2. Liam Thomas says:

    What exactly are you referencing John? The page you linked shows nothing but a shitty economy.

    Only 45 percent have GOOD JOBS….51 percent claim to be in the middle class as opposed to 61 percent a decade earlier.

    It took 5 years to just replace the JOBS LOST under the last recession.

    Economic confidence index is -12.

    30 percent of workers worrying their job benefits will be cut….The only good news I saw was only 20 percent of millenials were obese compared to non millenials which is a retarded tracking concept since non millenials are getting old and we all know what happens when you get old……

    Just look at the PORKER HILLARY…..Calling The Donald fat was such a tempting bait for the fish Trump….Im shocked he didnt point out that Hillary is obese herself….ITS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GET OLD….

  3. Jeffery says:

    21 red states sue the Black president

  4. drowningpuppies says:

    Yep. Barky’s the victim here.

  5. Liam Thomas says:

    @Jeffery

    Wow Jeffery your the most racist, ignorant Janitor Ive ever met.

    A coalition of state attorneys general today announced plans to sue the Bush Administration over its failure to regulate emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the nation’s power plants.

    California is among 10 states that filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Bush administration over new federal fuel-economy standards on SUVs and light trucks, alleging that they ignore the effects of emissions on global climate change and the environment.

    Lawyers for Massachusetts, which pushed its suit against the Environmental Protection Agency to the high court with Vermont and 10 other states, will argue that the federal government is standing idly by as climate changes ruin their states.

    New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine has made good on his threat to sue the Bush administration for attempting to impose federal income thresholds which he says would exclude thousands of children from eligibility for state health insurance subsidies. Seven other states have filed similar lawsuits.

    There are pages of these lawsuits AGAINST THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION….YOU SEE JEFF….

    Here is an old AXIOM in POLITICS………..

    WHAT GOES AROUND>>>>>COMES AROUND…..REAP WHAT YOU SEW.

  6. Liam Thomas says:

    Suing Obama has NOTHING….ZIP….ZERO….NADA to do with his skin color or RACE. you bigot.

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