Project 2025 calls for hurting workers by limiting workers’ wages, overtime pay, and negotiation protections.
Following Project 2025’s plans, a next conservative administration will:
Cut overtime pay: Project 2025 would let bosses give workers time off instead of paying extra for overtime. The bosses would pick the time off, so workers would get less pay and lose control over their schedules. page 592
Weaken wage protection laws: Project 2025 asks Congress to let states skip national wage rules like the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which sets rules for minimum wage and overtime. page 605
Make unemployment harder to get: Project 2025 would make it tougher for unemployed people to access unemployment pay, making it harder for people who need help. page 598
Remove wage rules on federal jobs: Project 2025 wants Congress to end the Davis-Bacon Act. This law makes sure that workers on federal jobs get pay like other local workers. page 604
Putting children in dangerous jobs without their parents’ consent: Undermining parental rights, Project 2025 calls for allowing teenagers to work in “dangerous jobs.” page 595
States are already implementing Project 2025:
Texas: Filed a lawsuit to try to strike down a federal rule extending mandatory overtime pay to 4 million salaried workers.
Florida:Stripped local “living wage” laws that require Florida contractors to pay employees a wage that’s higher than the state’s minimum.
South Carolina:Banned public sector union members from engaging in their right to collective bargaining.
Georgia: Is one of 13 states suing to stop the implementation of a Federal rule expanding the class of workers who receive financial compensation when they work overtime.