{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/must-read/employers-nationwide-gave-raises-to-avoid-paying-overtime-now-theyre-taking-them-back", "Employers nationwide gave raises to avoid paying overtime. Now they're taking them back.", "2016-12-16", "2016", "2016-12", "Independent", "House", "VT", "Bernard Sanders", "S000033", "www.sanders.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Employers nationwide gave raises to avoid paying overtime. Now they're taking them back.\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t By:\u00a0 Jack Smith IV  \n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tFriday, December 16, 2016\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\tGarrett Hutcheson, a supervisor at a catering supply company in the southwest, was told he was getting an enormous raise: a $7,000 bump to his salary of around $40,000. The extra cash meant he could move his youngfamily\u00a0out of his girlfriend's parents' house. Instead, he'll be staying there, working long night shifts without overtime pay.\r\n\"This would've gotten us on our feet,\" Hutcheson said. \"I've still got hope, but I'm not optimistic.\"\r\nPay increases like the one Hutcheson got, the result of a\u00a0regulatory rule change by the Obama administration, were set to help more than 4 million workers. Just the expectation of the new rule triggered raises for workers across the country, including managers at\u00a0Walmart,\u00a0. Now, as a result of the\u00a0ongoing tussle between the administration and federal courts\u00a0regarding overtime pay that began in 2014, an injunction against the rule means a victory for big business interests \u2014 and rescinding of raises for Hutcheson and an unclear number of fellow workers.\r\nContinue reading here.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/must-read/employers-nationwide-gave-raises-to-avoid-paying-overtime-now-theyre-taking-them-back"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4075548388063908, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}