A Lawyer Gives Answers to Commonly Asked Questions About Overtime

Aug. 23, 2004, new rules by the Bush administration put 6 million people at risk of losing their overtime pay. By reclassifying who is eligible to receive overtime pay, the Bush administration gave companies a way to reclassify their employees as “exempt” from receiving overtime.

While millions of people are at risk, most are unsure if the new rules will affect their paychecks. Our Ask a Lawyer forum, monitored by Baldwin Robertson, a wage-and-hour attorney for Working America, provided a way for people to get answers to their questions.

Find Out If Your Overtime Pay Is at Risk

• Find out what Baldwin Roberston had to say in response to the most commonly asked questions.
  
  
• See a list of frequently asked questions about the Bush administration’s new overtime pay regulations.
  
  
• Do you know a company that is taking away overtime pay? E-mail WORKING AMERICA with the details.