Posted on 09/20/2016 4:03:07 PM PDT by Olog-hai
A coalition of 21 states sued the U.S. Department of Labor Tuesday over a new rule that would make about 4 million higher-earning workers eligible for overtime pay, slamming the measure as inappropriate federal overreach from the Obama Administration.
Republican Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Eastern Texas, urging it to block implementation before the regulation takes effect on Dec. 1. Laxalt, a frequent critic of President Barack Obama’s policies, said the rule would burden private and public sectors by straining budgets and forcing layoffs or cuts in working hours.
“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,” he said in a statement. …
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Go Michigan. Send this back to the feds.
“A coalition of 21 states sued the U.S. Department of Labor Tuesday....”
On what grounds? I’d bet dollars to doughnuts not a mention of the 9th/10th or A1S8 (aka more smoke and mirrors on the infringements of our Rights)
California is taking the lead....get in line.
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