Missoulian: FWP
adopts new rules allowing landowners to kill wolves
SB 200: Generally revise laws related to wolf management
Rule: 12.9.1302- Allowable Lethal Control of the Grey Wolf
SB 200: Generally revise laws related to wolf management
Rule: 12.9.1302- Allowable Lethal Control of the Grey Wolf
Missoulian: Obama:
Enough have enrolled for stable health care
Enrollment in the Health Insurance Marketplace climbs to 4.2 million in February
“As in January, the percent of young adults who selected a Marketplace plan was 3 percentage points higher than it was from October through December (27 percent versus 24 percent). Based on enrollment patterns in other health care programs, it is expected that more people will sign up as we get closer to the March 31st deadline.”
Enrollment in the Health Insurance Marketplace climbs to 4.2 million in February
“As in January, the percent of young adults who selected a Marketplace plan was 3 percentage points higher than it was from October through December (27 percent versus 24 percent). Based on enrollment patterns in other health care programs, it is expected that more people will sign up as we get closer to the March 31st deadline.”
Missoulian: Obama
overtime plan already stirring controversy
Opportunity for All: Fixing Overtime Rules to Reward Hard Work
Opportunity for All: Fixing Overtime Rules to Reward Hard Work
Presidential Memorandum -- Updating
and Modernizing Overtime Regulations
FACT
SHEET: Opportunity for All: Rewarding Hard Work by Strengthening Overtime
Protections
“Workers who are paid hourly wages or who earn below a certain salary are generally protected by overtime regulations, while those above the threshold who perform executive, professional or administrative duties are not. That threshold has failed to keep up with inflation, only being updated twice in the last 40 years and leaving millions of low-paid, salaried workers without these basic protections. Specifically:
“Workers who are paid hourly wages or who earn below a certain salary are generally protected by overtime regulations, while those above the threshold who perform executive, professional or administrative duties are not. That threshold has failed to keep up with inflation, only being updated twice in the last 40 years and leaving millions of low-paid, salaried workers without these basic protections. Specifically:
·
In 1975 the Department of Labor set the
threshold below which white collar workers were entitled to overtime pay at
$250 per week.
·
In 2004 that threshold was set at $455 per week
(the equivalent of $561 in today's dollars). This is below today’s poverty line
for a worker supporting a family of four, and well below 1975 levels in
inflation adjusted terms.
Today, only 12 percent of salaried workers fall below the
threshold that would guarantee them overtime and minimum wage protections
(compared with 18 percent in 2004 and 65 percent in 1975). Many of the remaining 88 percent of salaried
workers are ineligible for these protections because they fall within the white
collar exemptions. Many recognize that
these regulations are outdated, which is why states like New York and
California have set higher salary thresholds.”
Compliance Assistance - Wages and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Compliance Assistance - Wages and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Missoulian: Senators
strike bipartisan jobless benefits deal
S.2077: Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014
S.2077: Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014
