Senate Resolution 119

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  1  1                SENATE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2                      BY  WARNSTADT
  1  3 A Resolution urging the United States Department of
  1  4    Labor to continue overtime protection for veterans
  1  5    who receive specialized military training.
  1  6    WHEREAS, many veterans currently working in
  1  7 professional fields are entitled to overtime
  1  8 protection because they lack a specialized degree
  1  9 necessary to be considered a "professional employee"
  1 10 as defined under current United States Department of
  1 11 Labor regulations; and
  1 12    WHEREAS, proposed Department of Labor regulations
  1 13 would deny overtime protection to many veterans who
  1 14 have received specialized military training by
  1 15 treating the military training as equivalent to a
  1 16 professional degree; and
  1 17    WHEREAS, veterans who lose overtime protection
  1 18 would no longer be entitled to additional compensation
  1 19 for the overtime hours they work and veterans who rely
  1 20 on overtime pay for any significant part of their
  1 21 income would suffer a reduction in their standard of
  1 22 living; and
  1 23    WHEREAS, even though such training has
  1 24 traditionally been a recruitment incentive, the
  1 25 proposed regulations could actually discourage
  1 26 military recruitment because potential recruits may
  1 27 expect that the training and experience acquired
  1 28 through military service would make them ineligible
  1 29 for overtime pay; NOW THEREFORE,
  1 30    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate urges
  2  1 the United States Department of Labor to continue
  2  2 overtime protection for veterans who receive
  2  3 specialized military training; and
  2  4    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That, upon adoption, the
  2  5 Secretary of the Senate shall prepare an official copy
  2  6 of this Resolution and send it to the United States
  2  7 Secretary of Labor.
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