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This seems to be the key part: > This legislation would reduce the standard workweek from 40 hours to 32 hours by lowering the maximum hours threshold for over
by PragmaticPulp 5y ago
This seems to be the key part:
> This legislation would reduce the standard workweek from 40 hours to 32 hours by lowering the maximum hours threshold for overtime compensation for non-exempt employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
It doesn't mean we're all suddenly working 8 fewer hours. It doesn't mean anything at all for exempt employees (like most of us engineers).
It would only mean that hourly, non-exempt workers would be paid 50% more for hours 33-40 every week.
It's a symbolic bill, though, so it's not actually intended to pass.
- Buttons840 5y agoIt would mean the expectation has changed though. A bunch of potential hires who scoff at the idea of working more than 32-hours a week would start to put pressure on the company to adopt the same.
- PragmaticPulp 5y agoThe current workweek expectation has been 40 hours for my entire life, but certain companies have never hesitated to completely ignore it. I don't honestly see how this would change the situation.
- waiseristy 5y agoSo that just means employers will cut hours to no more than 32 a week to avoid paying OT. Aren't progressives already complaining about people working multiple jobs to get by?