{"id":10743,"date":"2026-09-19T19:23:46","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T01:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/?p=10743"},"modified":"2026-09-19T19:23:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T01:23:48","slug":"double-wage-for-overtime-it-is-proposed-in-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/2026\/09\/19\/double-wage-for-overtime-it-is-proposed-in-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Double Wage For Overtime: It Is Proposed in Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Economic Policy Institute has released their study of the proposed Double Wage for Overtime.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epi.org\/blog\/new-legislation-would-boost-the-overtime-pay-premium-and-benefit-13-4-million-workers-the-double-wage-for-overtime-act-extends-worker-protections\/\">You can read the entire report here<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recently, the Double Wage for Overtime Act was introduced by <a href=\"https:\/\/casar.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/news-casar-jayapal-horsford-introduce-bill-increase-overtime-pay\">Rep. Casar (D-Texas)<\/a> in the House and by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gallego.senate.gov\/news\/press-releases\/gallego-bill-would-put-more-overtime-money-into-workers-pockets\/\">Sen. Gallego<\/a> (D-Ariz.) in the Senate. The Act would strengthen overtime protections for more than <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1ayI0kPmaVyswpLtIgJdRyMHF_9A4G73g\/view\">13 million workers<\/a> by amending the overtime rate for the first time <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dol.gov\/agencies\/whd\/about\/history\">since 1938<\/a>. It would raise overtime pay from 1.5 times a worker\u2019s regular rate of pay to double the regular rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How does this compare with \u201cNo tax on overtime\u201d?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The legislation is far better for working people than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/house-bill\/1\/text\">Republicans<\/a>\u2019 \u201cno tax on overtime\u201d policy. Although a tax deduction may sound like a compelling way to help people who work overtime, it is a deeply flawed policy with very uneven benefits. It <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epi.org\/publication\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-no-tax-on-overtime\/\">largely benefits middle-to-high-income earners<\/a>, provides only modest tax savings for those workers who do qualify, leaves some workers worse off, and preserves financial gains for employers who overwork employees. Strengthening overtime standards\u2014instead of offering gimmicky tax cuts\u2014is the real way to deliver for working people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"732\" src=\"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/mohamed_hassan-man-6398874_1280-1024x732.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/mohamed_hassan-man-6398874_1280-1024x732.png 1024w, https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/mohamed_hassan-man-6398874_1280-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/mohamed_hassan-man-6398874_1280-768x549.png 768w, https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/mohamed_hassan-man-6398874_1280.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Image by <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/users\/mohamed_hassan-5229782\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=6398874\">Mohamed Hassan<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=6398874\">Pixabay<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Economic Policy Institute has released their study of the proposed Double Wage for Overtime. You can read the entire report here&#8230; Recently, the Double Wage for Overtime Act was introduced by Rep. Casar (D-Texas) in the House and by Sen. Gallego (D-Ariz.) in the Senate. The Act would strengthen overtime protections for more than [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10743"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10745,"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10743\/revisions\/10745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}