Trump Labor Nominee Acosta Says Overtime Threshold Ripe for Review
- After Senate hearing, Acosta seen likely to be confirmed
- Trump’s second nominee still opaque on key Labor issues
Labor secretary nominee Alexander Acosta testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee during his confirmation hearing on March 22, 2017, in Washington.
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President Donald Trump’s nominee for labor secretary expressed support for increasing the salary threshold at which overtime currently must be paid to employees, but criticized the doubling in the rate put in place by the Obama administration.
During Alexander Acosta’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Wednesday, Chairman Lamar Alexander, a Tennessee Republican, criticized the Obama administration’s move to extend overtime benefits to millions more workers and pressed Acosta on his views.