Author Question: Which is believed to be one of the reasons for President Obama's call to increase the overtime pay ... (Read 14 times)

james0929 · **on:** Jul 7, 2018

Which is believed to be one of the reasons for President Obama's call to increase the overtime pay threshold?

A) Companies believe that increasing the overtime pay threshold will promote competitive advantage.
B) Labor unions have threatened to strike.
C) New York and California have already set thresholds that are higher than the federal level (as of July 2015).
D) Raising the threshold will directly lead to a lower unionization rate in the private sector.

Question 2

One study about the minimum wage in particular cities concluded which of the following?

A) Those cities suffered job losses in both the retail and food service industries.
B) Those cities suffered job losses in the retail industry, but not in the food service industry.
C) Those cities didn't suffer job losses among low-wage restaurant workers.
D) Those cities didn't suffer job losses at any job level.