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Does Project 2025 propose eliminating overtime pay?

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18.07.2024

(NewsNation) — With the 2024 election cycle in full swing, both political parties are actively promoting and discrediting agendas and policies. One such effort, Project 2025, is being championed by some right-leaning conservatives and criticized by liberals.

The Heritage Foundation, the conservative think tank that wrote the 900-page “governing agenda," said Project 2025 is a guide on what the next president needs to do so they can undo the “damage” to America they claim has been caused by liberal politicians. Critics, though, say Project 2025 is extremist, “authoritarian” and even dystopian.

With both parties attacking each other, there has been an onslaught of misinformation regarding the actual proposals, including claims that it seeks to eliminate overtime pay for some workers.

What is Project 2025?

Eliminating overtime pay?

On page 592, the document lays out recommendations for changes to overtime pay regulations in the United States. The Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 playbook proposes an "overtime pay threshold" that is not an abolishment of overtime pay.

  • Overtime threshold: It suggests keeping an overtime pay limit that works for businesses in cheaper areas of the country, such as the southeastern United States. The document proposes considering an automatic update to the thresholds every five years using the Personal........

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