Extended Overtime

[Benton]

(05-18-2016, 10:45 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: This would actually have the effect of making my position eligible for overtime, I believe. I know if would make many people in my office eligible, which will cause a lot of headaches as everyone in this office that is currently exempt works over 40 hours a week and as a state agency they will crack down hard on this.

My industry is pretty well freaking out across the board. Unless you're in DC or New York, the majority of people in journalism make under $40,000 and are salaried, or they make around that and overtime gets patrolled pretty hard. That number goes down a lot the smaller the paper. And there have been a lot of layoffs over the last decade trying to keep salaries down.