President Obama will attempt to overhaul overtime pay for millions of Americans this week, NBC News has confirmed.
It is the president’s latest attempt to confront stagnating wages and help give a boost to the middle class.
On Thursday, Obama will direct the Labor Department to revamp overtime pay regulations, making several million people who are classified as “executive or professional” employees, with jobs like fast-food managers and computer technicians, eligible for overtime pay where they had previously not been.
It’s the second big move to elevate worker wages in just a few months.
In January, the president announced he’d use an executive order to raise minimum wage for federal contracters. Both efforts are seen as part of an election-year effort by the White House to try to convince voters that Democrats are working for the middle class.









