Could the proposed bill mean more work for owners?
The new jobs bill being proposed by Congress includes at least six new responsibilities that could impact the role of every supervisor.
The recently introduced Rebuild America Act (S. 2252) includes the following stipulations:
- · Minimum wage increase. The wage would increase to $8.10 an hour, then to $8.95, and eventually $9.80 an hour within two years.
- · Require employers to provide employees with paid sick leave. Under the bill, employees would earn one hour of paid sick time for every 30 hours worked, up to a maximum of seven days annually.
- · Tougher restrictions on independent contractors. This would have a major impact on any organization that pays salespeople as contractors for tax purposes.
- · Fewer overtime exemptions for supervisors. The legislation would impose civil penalties on any employer that commits unfair labor practices, and keep all supervisors from working employees more than the standard 40 hours.
- · Amendments to the FLSA. These would make it more difficult for employers to categorize employees under the executive, administrative, and professional exemptions from overtime pay.
- They would also qualify more employees to put in for overtime during any week in which they exceed their normal hours.
( To read proposed bill in full, or monitor its progress, visit www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/s2252)
