My wife has a white collar position and makes less than 47K. She works a lot of extra hours (at no compensation) at month-end closing. If this ozero edict is allowed to stand, she’ll have to punch a time clock and will be sorely pissed. She’d rather have the freedom to come and go.
When we were forewarned about this rule last Summer my salary was bumped (pretty nicely) to circumvent the rule. I have a position which requires A LOT of extra hours during two months of the year and my coming and going in December can be more flexible. My employer decided that this was easier than making me clock in (and I could have two more projects).
I wonder how this also affects travel. It’s not uncommon for us to have “drive in days” which are in other locations and have a 2-3 hour drive. We often leave for these things in the 7-7:30 range and sometimes aren’t back until 6:30-7:00 at night. It’s been as late as 8:30. Those interactions are a huge asset to our organization. I bet they will have to be curtailed in some way.