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<div style="text-align: right;"><em>Photo Credit:&nbsp;<span style=" text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff;">Gil C / Shutterstock.com</span></em>&nbsp;</div><div style=" font-style: normal;">&nbsp;</div><div style=" font-style: normal;">The Obama administration&#8217;s initiative to raise the number of hours enabling overtime eligibility for American workers is causing a stir within small businesses throughout the United States, particularly in the franchise industry where franchisors are awaiting the official proposal from the Labor Department to determine what impact that will have on the franchisee-owned locations in their systems.</div><div style=" font-style: normal;">&nbsp;</div><div style=" font-style: normal;">The anticipated proposal would nearly double the amount that a salaried employee could make in a week and still qualify for overtime compensation, from the current $455 to $970, and would extend overtime protection to roughly five million more employees. President Obama discussed the issue in a recent <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/barack-obama/a-hard-days-work-deserves-a-fair-days-pay_b_7691922.html?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=wall-street-journal-labor-department-expected-to-make-millions-more-eligible-for-overtime-1999" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><span style="  color: #1155cc;  underline; vertical-align: baseline;  background-color: #ffffff;">op-ed column in the Huffington Post</span></a><span style="  color: #222222; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #ffffff;">.</span></div><div style=" font-style: normal;">&nbsp;</div><div style=" font-style: normal;">The Wall Street Journal reported on the proposed overtime rule change, and the reaction from business owners that the new rule could curtail job growth in a slowly expanding economy.</div><div style=" font-style: normal;">&nbsp;</div><div style=" font-style: normal;">&#8220;The rules are going to force more people into part-time work, and we&#8217;re already seeing that with Obamacare,&#8221; Scott Gittrich, Founder and President of <a href="http://www.toppersfranchise.com/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=wall-street-journal-labor-department-expected-to-make-millions-more-eligible-for-overtime-1999#intro" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><span style="  color: #1155cc;  underline; vertical-align: baseline;  background-color: #ffffff;">Toppers Pizza</span></a><span style="  color: #222222; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #ffffff;">, told the </span><span style="  color: #222222; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #ffffff;">Wall Street Journal</span><span style="  color: #222222; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #ffffff;">.</span></div><div style=" font-style: normal;">&nbsp;</div><div style=" font-style: normal;">Gittrich added that Toppers would need to adjust schedules and base wages to contend with the increased labor costs tied to the overtime extension. Similarly, White Castle told the WSJ that they estimated costs between 8 and 12 million as a result of the rule change.</div><div style=" font-style: normal;">&nbsp;</div><div style=" font-style: normal;">The unveiling of the proposed rule will be followed by a comment period that is expected to last months.</div><div style=" font-style: normal;">&nbsp;</div><div style=" font-style: normal;">Click <a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/labor-department-expected-to-make-millions-more-eligible-for-overtime-1435626461?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=wall-street-journal-labor-department-expected-to-make-millions-more-eligible-for-overtime-1999" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><span style="  color: #1155cc;  underline; vertical-align: baseline;  background-color: #ffffff;">here</span></a> to read the original story.</div><div style=" font-style: normal;"><span style="  vertical-align: baseline; "><br /></span></div>

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