Washington, D.C., September 20, 2016 – National Association of Manufacturers Senior Vice President and General Counsel Linda Kelly issued the following statement after the Manufacturers’ Center for Legal Action (MCLA) filed suit against the Department of Labor on the newly updated overtime rule:
“Manufacturers of all sizes will bear the burden of this costly regulation that will force many employers to cut critical programming, staffing, and services to the public. Many of these employers will lose the ability to effectively manage their workforces and provide flexibility to valued employees on the pathway to the middle class.
Over the past year, manufacturers have been facing a deluge of regulations, often proposed with razor-thin or nonexistent legal authority. For manufacturing in the United States to be successful, policymakers cannot continue to pile on additional legally dubious regulations.”
The MCLA serves as the leading voice of manufacturers in the courts, representing the more than 12 million men and women who make things in the United States. The MCLA strategically engages in litigation as a direct party, intervenes in litigation important to manufacturers and weighs in as amicus curiae on important cases.
Manufacturers and their employees share a mutual goal of a safe, communicative, and productive workplace, and good policy from Washington is part of the solution.
MTI is a member of the Council of Manufacturing Associations (CMA), an affiliated division of the National Association of Manufacturers. CMA is a group of 250+ manufacturing associations with over 120,000 member companies combined.