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A lot of people here will criticize anything that Obama or the Dems do, but as the old saying goes, even a broken clock is right twice a day. In the case of this rule, it is actually a good thing.

Example 1: The company that I work for would routinely hire kids out of college at near poverty wages and demand at least 95% chargeability of time to clients. You were required to be in the office from 8-5 every day, but if you were not on a chargeable engagement, then when you DID get one, you had to work a ton of overtime to get up to the number of chargeable hours required. This rule would kill that practice, which means either the rule about having to be at work 8-5 regardless would get dropped, or the % chargeability rule would get dropped. Either way, the employee will benefit.

Example 2: My daughter went to work for Enterprise Rent-a-car, and they hire kids to be "Management Trainee's" and give them a low salary, but then schedule them for a minimum of 51 hours/week. This 50+ hour work week schedule is the expectation ad infinitum. She left after 3 years, and never worked a 40 hour week, nor had her fiancé who also used to work there.

The fact of the matter is, salary should not mean that you have become an indentured servant. Work-life balance is important, and putting rules in place to prevent companies from abusing their staff by making them salaried just so that they can overwork them is a good thing.

I worked for years in human recourses, including personnel manager, and don’t recall any of which you describe.

FINE, then Congress should pass legislation that the Senate can review, and send a bill to the President to sign.

THIS AD-HOC LEGISLATING SHALL NOT STAND.