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title: "Fast Casual: National Retail Federation Backs Proposal Slowing the Enactment of Overtime Rules"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/f8e0e80c-cc36-438c-9be9-a57de83ace75
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/fast-casual-national-retail-federation-backs-proposal-slowing-the-enactment-of-overtime-rules-5237
category: "Restaurants"
industry: "Restaurants"
topics: ["Regulation & legal"]
published: 2016-07-18T14:09:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:12:55.209Z
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# Fast Casual: National Retail Federation Backs Proposal Slowing the Enactment of Overtime Rules

**TL;DR:** The National Retail Federation supports a proposal to slow the enactment of overtime rules, citing potential damage to employers. The Overtime Reform and Enhancement Act would phase in the current regulations, set to take effect in December.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2016-07-18. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/fast-casual-national-retail-federation-backs-proposal-slowing-the-enactment-of-overtime-rules-5237).*

## Story

Legislation that would slow the enactment of some of the provisions of the overtime rules set to take effect in December received loud and instantaneous applause from the National Retail Federation.

The Overtime Reform and Enhancement Act was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday by Oregon Democrat Kurt Schrader. The representative's proposal would slowly phase in the current regulations, which are set to take effect this fall. The NRF said in a news release that the Act would curb some of the "substantial damage" that the NRF believes will happen as a result of the new rules. The NRF believes that they'll force employers to cut employee hours and/or base pay to allow for added payroll costs mandated by the new rules.

"The Labor Department's changes to the overtime threshold are too much, too fast for both employers and employees to adjust to without serious negative consequences for both," said David French, NRF Senior Vice President for Government Relations. "The Schrader bill addresses the 'too fast' part of the problem and we support it."

When those labor regulations take effect Dec.1, employers will have to pay overtime to most workers paid less than $47,476 a year if they put in more 40 hours a week. Currently, that threshold is set at $23,660 annually. The new regulations also call for automatic increases to that salary maximum every three years.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- regulation (topic)
- labor law (topic)
- National Retail Federation (company)
- Labor Department (regulator)
- U.S. House of Representatives (regulator)
- overtime rules (topic)
- employer costs (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/fast-casual-national-retail-federation-backs-proposal-slowing-the-enactment-of-overtime-rules-5237). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/f8e0e80c-cc36-438c-9be9-a57de83ace75).