"Give Millions of People a Raise": Progressives Ask Biden to Expand Overtime Law
Briefly

On Tuesday, the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) urged President Joe Biden to extend his of major executive actions by greatly raising the overtime threshold, making overtime pay available to millions more workers in the U.S. CPC Chair Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Washington) issued a statement ahead of Labor Day calling for Biden and his Department of Labor (DOL) to raise the overtime salary threshold from a meager $35,568 to the salary of the 55th percentile of full time salaried earners, or $83,000, by 2026.
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