If you work overtime and get paid for it, you should read this and maybe give your senator a call.
The fuckers want to give employers an out for paying overtime.
According to this article there will be rules in place to prevent employers from coercing employees into taking comp time instead of overtime pay.
Yeah, and there are laws regarding workplace sexual harassment, workplace discrimination, workplace violence, toxins and other dangerous conditions in the workplace, etc... The problem is, most average Joes can't afford the legal costs when these "worker protection" laws routinely get violated (and even those who can afford it routinely get black-balled for having the audacity to stand up for themselves). What makes these elected thugs think this will be any different?
This is a bad idea and likely a step back toward the sweat-shop mentality that reigned in the era before labor unions.
Quote:The measure, backed by Republicans, would let employers give workers paid time off instead of time-and-a-half pay the next time they put in extra hours.
The fuckers want to give employers an out for paying overtime.
According to this article there will be rules in place to prevent employers from coercing employees into taking comp time instead of overtime pay.
Quote:the bill includes language that bans employers from “directly or indirectly intimidating, threatening, or coercing or attempting to intimidate, threaten, or coerce an employee" to choose comp time over pay
Yeah, and there are laws regarding workplace sexual harassment, workplace discrimination, workplace violence, toxins and other dangerous conditions in the workplace, etc... The problem is, most average Joes can't afford the legal costs when these "worker protection" laws routinely get violated (and even those who can afford it routinely get black-balled for having the audacity to stand up for themselves). What makes these elected thugs think this will be any different?
This is a bad idea and likely a step back toward the sweat-shop mentality that reigned in the era before labor unions.
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