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Overtime Rule Changes Blocked by Federal Judge

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  1. David Brandenburg
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    3 posts
    11/23/2016 7:11 AM
    I will include a link from Forbes rather than retype but for now the overtime rule changes are blocked by a federal judge in Texas who says the administration overstepped their authority by raising the salary cap. to $921 a week or $47,892 a year.

    Hopefully congress and the new president will propose and pass a modest increase to both the cap and the minimum wage and make it law rather than administrative rule.

    With the rule set to take effect in just over a week a lot of clubs and other businesses should have had plans in place to deal with the new regulations. Hopes of big raises have been raised and in many cases crushed by clubs who plain couldn't afford to follow the rules and have made plans to reduce hours, hire more part time or cheat the system in other ways.

    http://www.forbes.com/sites/danielfisher/2016/11/22/texas-judge-issues-nationwide-injunction-against-obamas-overtime-rule/#42d8393747f4



  2. Sean Hoolehan
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    0 posts
    11/23/2016 9:11 AM
    Too bad. I think this hurts our members more than helps. Budgets have been getting balanced on the backs of Superintendents and Assistants for the past 8 years of this modest recovery. If assistants are making $48,500 there will be a corresponding incremental creep to superintendent wages.

    The practice that bothers me most in this industry is the hours worked in relation to meeting perceived expectations of quality conditions and management expectations. Many of the "Talking Heads" in our industry often tie them together. Quotes about how the ideal Superintendent works 7 days a week during the season, or Assistants pay their dues by working 50-60 hours a week with no overtime. This is the path to loneliness and burnout IMHO.

    20 years ago when i last looked for a job i focused on finding a great employer first. Reflecting back i am glad i did.

    Rant over!



  3. Andy Jorgensen
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    1 posts
    11/23/2016 11:11 AM
    Sean Hoolehan, CGCS said:

    The practice that bothers me most in this industry is the hours worked in relation to meeting perceived expectations of quality conditions and management expectations. Many of the "Talking Heads" in our industry often tie them together. Quotes about how the ideal Superintendent works 7 days a week during the season, or Assistants pay their dues by working 50-60 hours a week with no overtime. This is the path to loneliness and burnout IMHO.



    Rant over!



    Agreed.



  4. Barber Michael J
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    3/17/2017 3:03 PM
    So now that Dec 1st has come and gone, OT Law has been suspended, I'm wondering if there were any assistants who signed a contract with their employer stating they would get a raise, then when the day comes, the employer throws the contract out the door and doesnt even bother to address the elephant in the room? Surely I am not the only one and I have not seen any other discussions on here about it unless I am missing something. I would love to hear some input back on this.
    Thanks in Advance.



  5. Melvin Waldron
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    43 posts
    3/18/2017 10:03 AM
    There was, I thought, an interesting story about this by Jared Nemitz in the current issue of Golfdom.

    I tried to copy and past the link but for some reason I couldn't

    Thanks!
    Mel

    Melvin H. Waldron III, CGCS, Horton Smith Golf Course, City of Springfield/Greene County MO

  6. Andy Jorgensen
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    1 posts
    3/20/2017 12:03 PM
    We had already promised a raise, and moved forward with it. It came with additional responsibilities though. I'm not just going to give you money without expecting something in return.



  7. Melvin Waldron
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    43 posts
    3/21/2017 6:03 AM
    Andy Jorgensen said: We had already promised a raise, and moved forward with it. It came with additional responsibilities though. I'm not just going to give you money without expecting something in return.


    Just curious, and I won't be offended if you don't say, but what additional responsibilities did you give them? I guess the best way to ask, what did you change in their job descriptions? Or what responsibilities did you add? Was this just your assistants or other team members?

    Of course I'm guessing (which I should know better than to do) that before they had pretty industry standard job descriptions? Which I guess leads to a more overall reaching questions to everyone, especially when it comes to assistants. What do you give them responsibility for? (which is somewhat being discussed in the mentoring thread elsewhere on the forum.

    Thanks!

    Mel

    Melvin H. Waldron III, CGCS, Horton Smith Golf Course, City of Springfield/Greene County MO

  8. Melvin Waldron
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    43 posts
    5/4/2017 10:05 AM
    While researching the Overtime/comp time rule I came across this article.

    http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congres ... es-n754226

    Did I read it right, about half way down in the article, it stated they might reinstate or "back away from" the Obama rule for salary to earn overtime or not? If so I'm looking forward to how he spins it, since President Obama didn't do anything right according to President Trump.

    Mel

    Melvin H. Waldron III, CGCS, Horton Smith Golf Course, City of Springfield/Greene County MO

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