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I assumed this bill changes the definition of 'full-time' such that full-time employees will typically be working 32-hours per week. Not sure what the laws are

I assumed this bill changes the definition of 'full-time' such that full-time employees will typically be working 32-hours per week. Not sure what the laws are in the U.S., but it's nearly unheard of for people to sign an employment contract which mandates they work 50, 60, hours/week, etc. I assumed overtime-exempt generally referred to people in fields like nursing or medicine, essential workers so to speak.

throwway120385 3y ago
No, overtime-exempt means that you work in specific exempt fields such as "management" or "software development" that are exempt from the overtime requirement. This applies whether you're salaried or hourly. We don't customarily sign "employment contracts" that stipulate the number of hours worked in these fields as in the US there is an expectation that a professional works as little or as much as needed to get the job done. The way this works in practice is that the company will keep adding tasks to your list until you stop getting things done as quickly. So if you work 80 hours a week they will gladly work you like that forever. So this law does absolutely nothing for salaried employees but may slightly improve the working conditions of wait staff and others provided their employer doesn't totally ignore the law, which happens a lot anyway WRT tips. I know this law sounds good in principle but like a lot of benefits it greatly helps hourly employees at the expense of hurting salaried employees in the middle class, and the upper class is as-usual totally unaffected by it because they can just afford whatever.