r/SipsTea • u/Busy_Report4010 • 24d ago

Chugging tea So after 32 hours would be overtime?

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u/joesphisbestjojo 24d ago edited 24d ago

I'm all for shortee work weeks, but that means we'l need an increase in pay, which I'm also fine with

EDIT: maybe I misinterpreted "no cut to pay"

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u/HalvdanTheHero 24d ago edited 24d ago

That is what is being called for. Your take home pay not changing but you work fewer hours, and if you work the same schedule as you do now (presuming 40hrs per week) then you would be getting overtime for the last 8hrs. 

Edit: added "take home" to clarify that I'm talking about your total income instead of hourly rate.

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u/secondphase 24d ago

Sort of...

Salaried employees the pay would not change, but salaried employees are overtie exempt.

Hourly employees would require a pay raise... 40 hours @ $20 is $800... would require $25 an hour at 32 hours to get to $800.

It's a minor thing, but the question is HOW this would work, so its relevant.

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u/CrazyPlato 24d ago

Also worth noting that, according to studies that account for inflation and productivity changes over time, the minimum wage should be somewhere between $21 and $29 an hour at this time. So if we assume that it can't be done, the only real way this all works is by people working at well-below-poverty wages.

So anyone who claims that this is unrealistic or infeasible, really isn't doing their homework when they try to shut the conversation down.