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NEW POLL OVERVIEW:<br />
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President Obama plans to use his executive authorities to require American businesses to pay millions of employees overtime pay.<br />
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He will direct the Labor Department to modify regulations governing the types of employees and businesses that can classify people as </span><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">'</span></span><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">'</span></span>executive</span><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">'</span></span><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">'</span></span> or </span><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">'</span></span><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">'</span></span>professional</span><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">'</span></span><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">'</span></span>. <br />
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Under current rules, employers must provide overtime to salaried workers making less than $455 per week. <br />
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Under the president&rsquo;s executive order, some fast food shift supervisors or office workers who had been denied overtime pay would now be eligible. Employees would also be required to perform a minimum percentage of </span><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">'</span></span><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">'</span></span>executive work</span><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">'</span></span><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">'</span></span> to qualify for the so-called white collar exemption, narrowing a loophole that allowed companies to exempt low-level retail managers from overtime pay.<br />
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The proposed regulations will be subject to public comment before they are approved and are likely to see strong opposition from Republican lawmakers and business lobbyists.<br />
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Obama is able to change the law under regulatory authority provided in the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act.<br />
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NEW POLL QUESTION:<br />
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Are you in favor of President Obama signing an Executive Order to change the overtime rules for managers/supervisors?<br />
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Yes<br />
No<br />
Undecided<br />
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PREVIOUS POLL QUESTION:<br />
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Should Michigan voters pass an initiative petition to make the Michigan Legislature part-time?<br />
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Yes - 75%<br />
No - 21%<br />
Undecided - 4% <br />
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TWO COMMENTS WERE MADE ON THIS POLL QUESTION:<br />
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COMMENT #1<br />
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PART TIME LEGISLATURE ? REGULATORY REFORM ?<br />
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THE GREATER QUESTION IS &quot;WHERE ARE THE CHECKS AND BALANCES ?<br />
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MICHIGAN HAS A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF OVER LAP OF LOCAL STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT !!<br />
WE NEED TO ADDRESS &quot; REGULATORY REFORM&quot;&quot; TOO.<br />
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PEOPLE NEED TO READ THE INITIATIVES THAT ARE SET INTO &quot;PUBLIC POLICY&quot; SUCH AS THE &quot;INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTAINANCE CODE&quot;, AGENDA 21 / SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (1994) SMART METER TECHNOLOGY!, THE DETAILS OF THE NDAA !<br />
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WHY DO WE NEED AN &quot;INTERNATIONAL CODE&quot; FOR ANY MICHIGAN UNIT OF GOVERNMENT ?????????<br />
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ANSWER: BECAUSE WE HAVE RESTRUCTURED GOVERNMENT TO BE &quot;TOP DOWN&quot; HEAVY !<br />
ALL LOCAL UNITS NOW APPLY FOR &quot;GRANT FUNDING&quot; IF YOU COMPLY YOU GET FUNDED $$$$$<br />
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PEOPLE AT EVERY LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT MUST READ THE DETAILS OF HOW THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MANIPULATE LOCAL UNITS IF THEY WANT $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$<br />
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THERE IS TO MUCH &quot;GO ALONG TO GET ALONG&quot; MENTALITY WITH OUT PEOPLE ACTUALLY READING THE ADMINISTRATIVE RULES AND DETAILS OF LEGISLATION !<br />
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&quot;LETS PASS THE BILL FIRST SO WE CAN SEE WHAT IT DOES &quot; ?<br />
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WE MUST RETURN TO PRUDENTB REASONING AND SOUND JUDGEMENT ! THE GOOD OLD BOY POLITICS MUST STOP !<br />
EVERYONE KNOWS THAT VERY FEW PROPLE READ THE BILLS !<br />
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PHILIP &amp; NANCY BAREHAM<br />
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COMMENT #2<br />
Part time legislature<br />
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With a part time legislature and fewer staff, what will be the impact of lobbyists and lobbyist/lawyers who are already leading them by the nose?<br />
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