10 12 / 2018
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The U.S. does have labor laws protecting workers on overtime.
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There are no protections for so-called exempt, typically white collar, workers. Even if we work 20 hour days we get no overtime pay. Only hourly workers are paid overtime, but typically those jobs are low pay (at minimum wage) and without any benefits and health insurance, so nobody wants them.
Once I came to blows with my boss, who is probably the best boss I’ve had, and I love her dearly, over me having an issue with being asked to work on Saturday at a very specific time (11AM), not an hour earlier and not an hour later, all with 1 day notice. I was taking my daughter to a birthday party at that time. And my boss honestly couldn’t understand why I wouldn’t sacrifice my kid’s birthday party for work!
sillyyouthbear said:
Methinks you are engaging in hyperpole…20 hour workdays? Really? Perhaps you would prefer the 35 hour French workweek…and their 70% tax rate. I have been an exempt worker thru-out most of my work life. In white collar, non exempt professional jobs, one gets comp time for overtime worked. You know, with the US economy doing so well, there are lots of other opportunities around. Look for something else. bannedfromcelebitchy posted this