David Brandenburg, CGCS said: I wonder how many clubs are going to be effected by the new overtime rules the Obama administration is proposing? We are not but there has to be a number of assistants and other "salaried" employees making under $50,440 a year or $970 a week that will now have to be paid overtime no matter what their job description is.
The old limit was $23,660 or $455 per week and was low but this will challenge many golf clubs to hire more part time employees or increase overtime budgets.
One more policy to take control away from the free market and increase the cost of doing business.
Some Assistants? Heck there will be some Superintendents that will now earn overtime, including me, well I guess since we are a municipality we get comp time.
I agree with the proposed rules, I don't quite agree with the amount. But with the current rule at 40 hours per week that would be $11.38 per hour. When we have people working 60 hour weeks, that is barely minimum wage, $7.58 per hour. How is that fair? Without studying it that much I would think a fair rate would be between $30,000 to $35,000 yearly salary, and under they should be paid overtime.
Just my 2 cents.
Mel