evidence: In September 2024, less than two months before the U.S. presidential election, allegations continued to spread that Project 2025 — a conservative coalition's plan for a future Republican administration — sought to put limits on employers having to pay employees overtime by calling for a change in the way work hours are counted. The campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris shared the claim (archived) on Sept. 24: Rep. @DebDingell: Buried in Project 2025 is a plan to eliminate overtime pay. It is a generous gift to corporations and an insult to the American worker. Under Trump's Project 2025, employers could force workers to work more than 40 hours a week without paying them… pic.twitter.com/B2Ji5JsYJA — Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) September 24, 2024 [...] Buried in Project 2025 is a not-so-secret plan to eliminate overtime pay. It is a generous gift to corporations and an insult to the American worker. Many American families, especially in my state of Michigan, but in many others across the heartland of America and the rest of the country, rely on overtime to make ends meet and to save for their future. In fact, we know that many workers take on jobs specifically because employers offer over time.