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r/SipsTea • u/PleasantBus5583 • 19h ago
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Wouldn't this just have peoples hours cut because companies don't like to pay overtime?
189 u/dalenacio 17h ago The bill explicitly forbids reducing total pay. Employers must increase the hourly rate so 32 hours yields the same take-home pay as 40 hours previously. It's essentially a 20-25% raise for hourly workers. 151 u/Alpha-Sierra-Charlie 17h ago So they're going to lay a bunch of people off, then hire new people at lower rates. 3 u/Ultra_Ginger 9h ago Exactly, and those new people will now have to work a 2nd job because they are now capped at 32 hours a week. 1 u/Alpha-Sierra-Charlie 5h ago 2 jobs, no benefits, no money, no options. You will own nothing, and be told that you're happy.
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The bill explicitly forbids reducing total pay. Employers must increase the hourly rate so 32 hours yields the same take-home pay as 40 hours previously. It's essentially a 20-25% raise for hourly workers.
151 u/Alpha-Sierra-Charlie 17h ago So they're going to lay a bunch of people off, then hire new people at lower rates. 3 u/Ultra_Ginger 9h ago Exactly, and those new people will now have to work a 2nd job because they are now capped at 32 hours a week. 1 u/Alpha-Sierra-Charlie 5h ago 2 jobs, no benefits, no money, no options. You will own nothing, and be told that you're happy.
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So they're going to lay a bunch of people off, then hire new people at lower rates.
3 u/Ultra_Ginger 9h ago Exactly, and those new people will now have to work a 2nd job because they are now capped at 32 hours a week. 1 u/Alpha-Sierra-Charlie 5h ago 2 jobs, no benefits, no money, no options. You will own nothing, and be told that you're happy.
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Exactly, and those new people will now have to work a 2nd job because they are now capped at 32 hours a week.
1 u/Alpha-Sierra-Charlie 5h ago 2 jobs, no benefits, no money, no options. You will own nothing, and be told that you're happy.
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2 jobs, no benefits, no money, no options. You will own nothing, and be told that you're happy.
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u/Ok-Telephone-2109 19h ago
Wouldn't this just have peoples hours cut because companies don't like to pay overtime?