Mon May 17, 8:10 AM ET By LEIGH STROPE, AP Labor Writer
WASHINGTON - New federal overtime regulations will not take effect automatically in 18 states, provoking widespread confusion among state officials, employers and workers, and sparking political battles over how to respond.
Those states have their own overtime requirements, some of which mirror the old federal rules being replaced in August. Legislative action is required in some states to make changes, complicating an already complex and politically turbulent issue in an election year.
"It's absolute craziness," said Camille Olson, a labor lawyer with the firm Seyfarth Shaw in Chicago.
The Labor Department (news - web sites) regulations issued last month will go into place automatically in 32 states and the District of Columbia, according to a Seyfarth Shaw analysis. Elsewhere, it is not so simple.
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