Trump administration moves closer to undoing overtime pay rule(Reuters) - The Trump administration on Tuesday pushed forward with its bid to undo an Obama administration rule to extend mandatory overtime pay to 4.2 million workers and said it was considering treating workers differently based on location and industry. The rule, which was supposed to take effect in December 2016 but was blocked by a federal judge, is a top target for business groups that say it would force employers to convert many salaried employees into hourly workers.  The U.S. Department of Labor on Tuesday called for public comments on the rule, which is the first step in revoking or revising it. The rule would have doubled to $47,000 the maximum salary a worker can earn and still be eligible for mandatory overtime pay under federal wage law. A group of 21 states and business groups including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce challenged the rule in a lawsuit filed last year.  The Labor Department appealed the judge’s decision temporarily blocking the rule to a New Orleans-based U.S. appeals court weeks before President Donald Trump took office in January. Earlier this month, the department defended its power to base overtime eligibility on workers’ salaries in a brief submitted to the court. But the agency made clear that it did not agree with the threshold set by the Obama administration. On Tuesday, the department said in light of the pending appeal, it decided to issue a request for comments rather than skip immediately to rescinding or revising the rule. The agency asked for input on whether the current threshold of $23,660 set in 2004 should be updated for inflation, and whether there should be multiple levels based on region, employer size, industry or other factors.  Workers’ rights groups criticized the Trump administration for moving to change the rule, with some noting that the Obama administration reviewed 300,000 comments before setting the salary threshold at $47,000. “Working people should not have to wait another day for government to be on their side,” Christine Owens, executive director of the union-backed National Employment Law Project, said in a statement on Tuesday. The department also asked employers to explain how they prepared for the rule to take effect and whether it has had an outsize impact on small businesses and particular industries. The department said it was considering eliminating the salary threshold, leaving overtime eligibility to be based on workers’ job duties.  politicsNews
trump administration moves closer undoing overtime pay rule reuters the trump administration tuesday pushed forward bid undo obama administration rule extend mandatory overtime pay million workers said considering treating workers differently based location industry the rule supposed take effect december blocked federal judge top target business groups say would force employers convert many salaries employees hourly workers the department labor tuesday called public comments rule first step evoking revising the rule would doubled maximum salary worker earn still eligible mandatory overtime pay federal wage law a group states business groups including chamber commerce challenged rule lawsuit filed last year the labor department appealed judge decision temporarily blocking rule new appeals court weeks president donald trump took office january earlier month department defended power base overtime eligibility workers salaries brief submitted court but agency made clear agree threshold set obama administration on tuesday department said light pending appeal decided issue request comments rather skip immediately residing revising rule the agency asked input whether current threshold set updated inflation whether multiple levels based region employer size industry factors workers rights groups criticized trump administration moving change rule noting obama administration reviewed comments setting salary threshold working people wait another day government side christine owens executive director national employment law project said statement tuesday the department also asked employers explain prepared rule take effect whether outside impact small businesses particular industries the department said considering eliminating salary threshold leaving overtime eligibility based workers job duties politicsnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Trump administration moves closer to undoing overtime pay rule(Reuters) - The Trump administration on Tuesday pushed forward with its bid to undo an Obama administration rule to extend mandatory overtime pay to 4.2 million workers and said it was considering treating workers differently based on location and industry. The rule, which was supposed to take effect in December 2016 but was blocked by a federal judge, is a top target for business groups that say it would force employers to convert many salaried employees into hourly workers.  The U.S. Department of Labor on Tuesday called for public comments on the rule, which is the first step in revoking or revising it. The rule would have doubled to $47,000 the maximum salary a worker can earn and still be eligible for mandatory overtime pay under federal wage law. A group of 21 states and business groups including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce challenged the rule in a lawsuit filed last year.  The Labor Department appealed the judge’s decision temporarily blocking the rule to a New Orleans-based U.S. appeals court weeks before President Donald Trump took office in January. Earlier this month, the department defended its power to base overtime eligibility on workers’ salaries in a brief submitted to the court. But the agency made clear that it did not agree with the threshold set by the Obama administration. On Tuesday, the department said in light of the pending appeal, it decided to issue a request for comments rather than skip immediately to rescinding or revising the rule. The agency asked for input on whether the current threshold of $23,660 set in 2004 should be updated for inflation, and whether there should be multiple levels based on region, employer size, industry or other factors.  Workers’ rights groups criticized the Trump administration for moving to change the rule, with some noting that the Obama administration reviewed 300,000 comments before setting the salary threshold at $47,000. “Working people should not have to wait another day for government to be on their side,” Christine Owens, executive director of the union-backed National Employment Law Project, said in a statement on Tuesday. The department also asked employers to explain how they prepared for the rule to take effect and whether it has had an outsize impact on small businesses and particular industries. The department said it was considering eliminating the salary threshold, leaving overtime eligibility to be based on workers’ job duties.  politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: trump administration moves closer undoing overtime pay rule reuters the trump administration tuesday pushed forward bid undo obama administration rule extend mandatory overtime pay million workers said considering treating workers differently based location industry the rule supposed take effect december blocked federal judge top target business groups say would force employers convert many salaries employees hourly workers the department labor tuesday called public comments rule first step evoking revising the rule would doubled maximum salary worker earn still eligible mandatory overtime pay federal wage law a group states business groups including chamber commerce challenged rule lawsuit filed last year the labor department appealed judge decision temporarily blocking rule new appeals court weeks president donald trump took office january earlier month department defended power base overtime eligibility workers salaries brief submitted court but agency made clear agree threshold set obama administration on tuesday department said light pending appeal decided issue request comments rather skip immediately residing revising rule the agency asked input whether current threshold set updated inflation whether multiple levels based region employer size industry factors workers rights groups criticized trump administration moving change rule noting obama administration reviewed comments setting salary threshold working people wait another day government side christine owens executive director national employment law project said statement tuesday the department also asked employers explain prepared rule take effect whether outside impact small businesses particular industries the department said considering eliminating salary threshold leaving overtime eligibility based workers job duties politicsnews