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Comment on Bernie Sanders unveils 32-hour workweek bill

iamdisillusioned@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

90% of my company is salary and already work more than 40 hours a week. It’s exciting to think that we’ll all get Fridays off but I bet most companies would just implement 2 hour staggered lunch breaks and office hours would still be 9-5 but people would only work 6.5 hours a day.

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Sc00ter@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Might not impact you directly, but as other companies would adopt benefits of it, employees at your company would start to leave for companies that are adjusting their schedule. They’d either be forced to adjust, or risk hitting unsustainable attrition rates

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- Patches@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  
  They’d either be forced to adjust, or risk hitting unsustainable attrition rates
  
  Checks Notes. Welp a ton of companies are already there with RTO.
  
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just_change_it@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

90% of my company is salary

This 32 hour workweek act will not apply to you. It only applies to non-exempt workers as it’s an amendment to FLSA. FLSA provides exemptions to overtime based on income or certain responsibilities. It’s also very often mis-applied by businesses who do not want to pay workers for overtime and very rarely challenged.

My industry is IT. It’s very common that IT support workers making under the income threshold are given exempt status even though their responsibilities are not exempt job duties. There are a shitload of IT support workers.

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- Serinus@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Another thing Biden did that people don’t really notice.
  
  On Sept. 8, 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a proposed rule that would increase the salary threshold to $1,059 a week ($55,068 annualized) for the Fair Labor Standard Act’s (FLSA’s) white-collar exemption from overtime pay.
  
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  - Patches@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    And why exactly does any labor need to be exempt at all?
    
    Who the fuck decided your time becomes worthless at Checks Notes 50k. That’s not even enough to pass the “Must make 3x Rent” in the majority of the country?
    
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    Serinus@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    If you’re an exec making $350k/year, it might be reasonable to ask you to at least be available 60 hours a week (not every week).
    
    I certainly agree that $55k is too low, but it’s much better than the $38k it was before. If it were up to me, I’d put it around $200k, indexed to inflation.
    
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- hatecoach@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  
  My industry is IT. It’s very common that IT support workers making under the income threshold are given exempt status even though their responsibilities are not exempt job duties. There are a shitload of IT support workers.
  
  Same here. I am like, great so now ill get paid to work 32 hours, but still work 60.
  
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  - just_change_it@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    It’ll affect a lot of the worst jobs. It’ll make construction stupid expensive.
    
    I do think a 32 hour work week should be doable. Overtime exemptions are utter bullshit across the board though.
    
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Rodeo@lemmy.ca ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Yeah fuck those other people! They shouldn’t get anything unless I get it too!

Fuckin please. This mentality is why the billionaires get richer while the rest of us get poorer. The people at your work are going to cut off their nose to spite their face because they’re apparently not bright enough to see the big picture.

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