Posted on 05/06/2013 3:15:30 AM PDT by Olog-hai
It seems like a simple proposition: give employees who work more than 40 hours a week the option of taking paid time off instead of overtime pay.
The choice already exists in the public sector. Federal and state workers can save earned time off and use it weeks or even months later to attend a parent-teacher conference, care for an elderly parent or deal with home repairs.
Republicans in Congress are pushing legislation that would extend that option to the private sector. They say that would bring more flexibility to the workplace and help workers better balance family and career.
The push is part of a broader Republican agenda undertaken by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., to expand the party’s political appeal to working families. The House is expected to vote on the measure this week, but the Democratic-controlled Senate isn’t likely to take it up. …
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Then why is the GOP inserting themselves into it?
Ha—too many people unemployed as it is and we should want less rather than more maneuvering through tax policy. (You’d be giving both employers and employees an incentive to classify more work currently being done as overtime.)
GeronL: With all of the crap going on, why is the GOPe focused on this??
RFEngineer: Idiots. They are all idiots.
Poster #6, meet Poster #8.
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If 29 hours is fulltime according to ObamaCare, does that mean 30th hours will soon be overtime?
You just know this won’t end well.
I can see lots of hours being cut to just short of full time and more part time people hired.
Its like the explosion of temp service jobs in Bill Clinton’s wonderful economy.
Don’t give them ideas!
Yeah, gotta’ love those moot points, eh? ;-)
Private employers crunched the numbers long ago, paying OT is FAR cheaper!
Having been salary my entire working life, I would rather take the pay over “time off” later on. One company I worked at did that for several years. It was straight time but they did pay it when I worked more than forty hours a week.
Later on they dropped that and went with the “Time off” later on. Which we quickly learned meant take it as soon as you could or it disappeared down the memory hole.
Here’s a thought:
Don’t pay gov’t workers ANYTHING for overtime and they’ll find a way to get their job done in 40 hrs.
Leave the private sector alone, you have NO jurisdiction there!
This would be another payoff to the UNIONS.
The mob bosses want more money!
Most employers were able to figure this out a long time ago. Give the workers a straight salary and then give them work loads that demand overtime.
Look. 40 hours/week = 2080 hours/year. Anyone who can prove thru paycheck stubs that they worked those hours(minus vacation) should be entitled to all the cash benefits we(taxpayers) can afford. It would be subject to GDP/GNP and awarded only after the numbers are added up. Those that are unable to work can die trying. The numbers will go up every time we cut off the deadbeats and those here illegally. Get rid of food stamps and give them rice and beans-a complete protein. Nuff said.
“I “flex” my time just about every week. Great way to take care of things without having to take time off. My company gets more work out of me too.”
Guess what? If the government mandates this, your employer will be forced to do this for every employee - even ones that are marginal. Your employer will be forced to establish stricter work hours, and your ability to “Flex” will be curtailed because if they allow you, they will have to allow the marginal employees who may not warrant such a benefit to do it too.
What other choice does an employer have when the government gets involved? In their mind, the only reason a non-productive employee is not productive is because you don’t let him have time off whenever he wants it to take care of personal business.
ANY half-witted employer cares more about productivity than strict hours worked and would let a productive employee take care of personal things and make it up by working more some other time.
ANY half-witted employer would also keep a slacker on a short leash.
Actually a lot of working women would prefer the flex time to OT pay which is now legally required.
So by opposing this the Dems are engaging in a WAR ON WOMEN /sarc.
(their response of course will be to legally require massive amounts of PAID time off, a la France)
You make a fair point in that I’d take away the overtime requirement altogether. Salaried folk don’t get it, but they often informally get comp time in its stead.
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