Progressive Caucus Calls on Biden to Raise Overtime Threshold

Progressives in Congress ask President Biden to use executive authority to raise the overtime salary threshold to above $82,000 per year, reiterating a similar request sent to Labor Secretary Marty Walsh earlier this year, in a tweet.

• “The current level of the federal guarantee for overtime pay is so low that it covers only about 15 percent of full-time salaried workers -- forcing millions to essentially work any hours above 40 per week for free, at a time when they cannot afford to do so,” Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal says

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