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"While the 40-hour work week is still officially in place, employers are permitted to require staff to work up to two unpaid hours per day for a limited period
by SeanAnderson 2y ago
"While the 40-hour work week is still officially in place, employers are permitted to require staff to work up to two unpaid hours per day for a limited period in return for more free time."
This is kind of a wild quote from the article. WTF? two hours unpaid work per day?
"A supplement of 40% of the daily wage will be paid for the sixth day of labor."
It's unclear to me if this means they're receiving 100% + 40% for their sixth day, or if the sixth day is 4/10th the normal wage?
- nerdjon 2y agoI came back here wondering the same thing. The first paragraph ends with “in return for more free time” which makes zero sense if they are working 2 more hours for each day. I was expecting something later like it’s banked and you work a 4 day week or something. But nothing on that. And then yeah one place it says unpaid and another place (to me) said 140% pay rate for that time. Screams AI written or bad translation.
- stavros 2y agoWhat the article probably means is "they get those two hours back in lieu" and "140% pay on the sixth day". What already has been happening in reality is that workers work ten/twelve-hour days for no overtime, and the sixth day is unpaid. We've been working six-day workweeks ever since I can remember (so at least forty years), and probably much longer than that.