Originally Posted by frostfire

In a statement Tuesday, the National Retail Federation, a trade group for retailers, called the reforms a “career killer.” “With the stroke of a pen, the Labor Department is demoting millions of workers,” the group said. “In the retail sector alone, hundreds of thousands of career professionals will lose their status as salaried employees and find themselves reclassified as hourly workers, depriving them of the workplace flexibility and other benefits they so highly-value.”