Overtime pay may become reality for more US workers

[gotbeer]

Overtime pay may become reality for more US workers

Good move by Obungle.  No really, I think this is a good move. 

[Schildog]

Basically a bunch of owners bitching about a loophole they've exploited for a long time. Fuck them.

[mtangelsfan]

Or they will just cut back hours so that they don't have to pay it.

[Make Angels Great Again]

Cut back hours? So what happens to the work that was being done in those extra hours? It just gets ignored?

 

Seems like a pretty bad idea.

[Amazing Larry]

This will backfire. Companies will cut salary/hourly wages and hire more part timers to offset the costs. Same shit as Obamacare. 

[arch stanton]

Who's going to accept managerial responsibility on part time pay? At some point the service and quality of these places will get so bad they'll have to actually give strong consideration to paying decent money to the ones who keep their businesses afloat.

[Amazing Larry]

5 hours ago, arch stanton said:

Who's going to accept managerial responsibility on part time pay?

The food service industry. 

[arch stanton]

11 minutes ago, Mr. Lawrence said:

The food service industry. 

I don't think they will. You'll see them having to scrape even deeper into the bottom of the barrel.

Edited May 18, 2016 by arch stanton

[Jason]

This will impact small business. I totally see them just hiring more part time staff.

[wopphil]

All that is going to happen is employers will re-classify currently exempt workers, paying them an hourly wage instead of on a salary basis. 

[mtangelsfan]

It isn't a point of part time employment.  It is a point of making sure those full timers don't work more than their 40 hours a week.  This can easily be done and supplemented with part time employees.

 

It is basic math and the easiest way to cut costs.

[Schildog]

2 hours ago, wopphil said:

All that is going to happen is employers will re-classify currently exempt workers, paying them an hourly wage instead of on a salary basis. 

 

it's a fine idea. those current non-exempt employees would have to work overtime for free anymore after the reclass. 

[Adam]

2 hours ago, wopphil said:

All that is going to happen is employers will re-classify currently exempt workers, paying them an hourly wage instead of on a salary basis. 

That's what we're doing. Sucks for them. No more travel for them. 

Edited May 18, 2016 by Adam

[nate]

I wish I got paid OT.  Especially for travel.  I figure my current salary includes the expectation that I will work more than 40 hours most weeks.  I haven't received OT pay in at least five years and I also haven't worked only 40 hours in a week in at least five years.

[AngelsLongBall]

20 minutes ago, nate said:

I wish I got paid OT.  Especially for travel.  I figure my current salary includes the expectation that I will work more than 40 hours most weeks.  I haven't received OT pay in at least five years and I also haven't worked only 40 hours in a week in at least five years.

Yeah dude, but you have 3 Porsches and live a block from the beach with Laura Dia, oh wait, you moved to Wisconsin.  Nevermind

[Adam]

They should just make small businesses illegal and let the corporations provide all services and products

[nate]

Says the guy working like 25 hours a week

[Adam]

I'm in the office about 35 hours a week. Throughout the year I have 7-10 60 hour weeks. Don't hate

[wopphil]

The exemption salary threshold in CA is already far higher than the federal level (well, what will soon be the prior federal level). But it will still require many CA employers to either give substantial raises to some employees, or re-classify them as non-exempt.

[Adam]

http://reason.com/blog/2016/05/18/why-obamas-new-overtime-regs-will-hurt-m

[Make Angels Great Again]

That dude reminds me of John McAfee.

[Schildog]

i really don't understand the seethe here. if business owners don't exploit their workers like this there would be no need for regulation. 

[Spirit]

If business owners didn't employ workers, there would also be no need for regulation. 

 

 

 

[mtangelsfan]

1 hour ago, Schildog said:

i really don't understand the seethe here. if business owners don't exploit their workers like this there would be no need for regulation. 

lol

[Schildog]

9 minutes ago, mtangelsfan said:

lol

christians?