4.3 million workers could lose overtime protections

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Trump administration moves to revert to weak Trump-era overtime threshold ($35,568) from Biden’s $58,656 rule, stripping overtime protections from 4.3 million workers per Economic Policy Institute. Project 2025 also proposes calculating overtime over 2-4 week periods instead of weekly, and substituting comp time for time-and-a-half pay, further eroding worker protections.

Sources & Citations

[1] Project 2025 would strip federal overtime protections from at least 8 million workers · Sep 9, 2024 Tier 2

[2] Project 2025 Would Cut Access to Overtime Pay · May 15, 2025 Tier 2

[3] On Overtime Pay, Trump Left Millions Behind as President. Project 2025 Would Weaken it More · May 15, 2025 Tier 2

[4] What the Trump Project 2025 Agenda Means for Wages & Worker Rights · May 15, 2025 Tier 2

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The Cascade Ledger. “4.3 million workers could lose overtime protections.” The Capture Cascade Timeline, May 15, 2025. https://capturecascade.org/event/2025-05-15--overtime-protections-threatened/