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[–] [email protected] 0 points 55 minutes ago* (last edited 54 minutes ago) (1 children)

For salaried workers.

Salary workers almost never get paid overtime and generally make more "per hour" than the standard hourly wage already anyway. Also, you literally cannot be forced to work more than 40 hrs a week when salaried. This is also the terms that are agreed to by both parties (usually by contract) before employment begins. Kind sounds to me like if you want to be a salaried employee AND make overtime, that you should negotiate that before beginning employment.

I'm not getting the argument here.

[–] londos 7 points 39 minutes ago

You definitely can be fired for not working more than 40 hours in any state with at-will employment. Or rather, you can be fired for no reason at all, and they don't need to say it was because of the hours.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

If the US is not a third-world country, then why do they do so many third-world country things?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 44 minutes ago

A bit more of a de-developing country

And no, I don't have a stutter

[–] wildcardology 80 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (3 children)

How is it that a third world country Ike mine pays overtime pay to all employees who work beyond the standard 8 hour work day. 25% of the hourly rate is added to the hours of overtime, plus a night differential rate if you work past 11 pm. +30% if you have to do work during a holiday.

Not being paid for overtime work is very slavery to me.

The reasoning of the judge is because the companies will have to pay billions in OT pay. Fuck them.

[–] slingstone 17 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

What country? Do you offer political asylum to people fleeing dictatorial regimes?

[–] wildcardology 13 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Well we currently have the son of the former dictator as a president so there's that.

[–] slingstone 3 points 18 hours ago

Does he seem like he's going to do better than his dad?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Sounds like the Philippines.

[–] slingstone 3 points 16 hours ago

I assumed it was, but since the poster didn't mention it, I figured they might have their reasons to be vague.

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[–] Wogi 4 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

We do get overtime pay, this rule was for a very specific segment of workers who were exempt. Being salaried and making under a certain amount. Hourly employees get time and a half for every hour past 40 in a week, federally.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

The salaried exception floor hasn't been raised in forever, it needs to go way up.

[–] Wogi 1 points 35 minutes ago

It does!

It's worth noting that the minimum wage in Texas is the same as the federal minimum wage. Which is now, not enough to buy a meal at McDonald's after an hour.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

How? Your government is probably not as captured.

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

B-b-b-but Democrats aren't aligned with the working class!

[–] [email protected] 17 points 21 hours ago (5 children)

I mean this would only have applied to salaried employees earning $20/hr or less which I can't even imagine what type of field that covers since most hourly jobs earn more than that these days.

This is akin to the "pardoning marijuana possession convictions" thing where it didn't apply to a single person in federal custody and only benefitted 3,000 people (with past convictions) in the entire nation.

This is basically virtue signaling and/or table scraps for us peasants.

[–] capital 12 points 17 hours ago (5 children)

And a judge even blocked that. What do we think would happen to more substantial changes?

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[–] enbyecho 16 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

But you don't actually know how many people this would have applied to... you just assume, right?

Edit: It's right in the article: "The rule would have extended to approximately four million American workers, guaranteeing them overtime pay."

[–] chiliedogg 3 points 14 hours ago

In January, it was going to jump to a minimum salary of 59k to be exempt.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 21 hours ago (12 children)

Not sure why you would expect the federal government to be able to do anything with state charges.

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[–] RedSeries 2 points 17 hours ago

If only this logic actually applied. Maybe they wouldn't make anti-trans laws in that shithole state?

[–] [email protected] 56 points 23 hours ago

I hope everyone joined whatever gains unions had the last four years

[–] meco03211 20 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

Obviously a little late for this administration, but could the next liberal admin try beating them to the punch on this? Are there no liberal friendly judicial districts? Have one of those file a weak lawsuit to uphold the law. Then that could at least be referenced when they attack in a red area.

[–] Maggoty 10 points 21 hours ago

The problem is SCOTUS. Anything reaching them is going to come down on the Republican side.

[–] orclev 17 points 23 hours ago (4 children)

The problem is there aren't enough actual liberals left in the DNC. The majority of the DNC is more than happy to screw over workers to the benefit of corporations. What resistance they provide is mostly performative, as their real priorities are dictated by what the large corporate donors are paying for.

[–] njm1314 7 points 21 hours ago

Screwing over workers to the benefit of Corporations is what Liberals are for. You mean there's no leftist left in the DNC.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (4 children)

No, the problem is there are too many liberals in the party and not enough leftists. Liberals love them some anti-worker pro-corporate welfare and other right-wing policies that only benefit the rich.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 22 hours ago

You're assuming there will be elections again

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

it's going back to trump's threshold too. if you were enjoying OT with a 37K salary, congratulations, you're exempt now

[–] [email protected] 10 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Imagine being a salaried employee and only earning $16.80 per hour, assuming 40 hours a week. I wonder what type of work this even covers as that's slightly above minimum wage here, and it requires you to work all those extra hours for free.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

about the whole "a work week is 40 hours" thing too...

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

It's always texas, it's never not texas, is texas just trying to become mississipi? Because it's very quickly headed there.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

People file their cases in this district specifically because it has a bunch of conservative friendly judges.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 15 hours ago

Florida man and Texas Judge are the dynamic duo we didn't really need.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 17 hours ago

I wish we could just kick Texas out at this point.

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