Walberg's Regulatory Relief for Small Businesses, Schools, and Nonprofits Act Passes the House

Statement

The House of Representatives today passed Congressman Tim Walberg's (MI-07) bipartisan legislation, the Regulatory Relief for Small Businesses, Schools, and Nonprofits Act, to require a six-month delay in the effective date of the Department of Labor's new overtime rule. Without congressional action, on December 1, 2016, drastic changes to federal overtime policies will take effect, resulting in harmful consequences for Michigan workers, small businesses, nonprofit organizations, and colleges and universities.

"We all agree we need to modernize our nation's overtime rules, but small businesses, nonprofits, and colleges and universities should not be hurt in the process," said Congressman Walberg. "The department needs to abandon this flawed rule and pursue the balanced approach we've been fighting for from the start. Instead, they are forcing those who have to deal with the real-world consequences to make significant changes before an arbitrary December deadline. While the department continues to ignore widespread concerns, the House has taken an important bipartisan step to provide hardworking Americans more time to implement this expansive rule. The administration should do the right thing and approve this much-needed delay."

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