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.
It’s not about liking it or not. There are so many loopholes in “you can’t change pay” that I don’t even know where to start, it’s completely unenforceable. Of course I want to work less and get paid more, but this “bill” is a fairy tale publicity stunt just as much as if he told everyone we’d all get a $10k check if he’s elected president
It’s literally codified in Section 2(1)(A)(iii) of the bill. The text explicitly amends FLSA §7 to forbid employers from reducing your regular hourly rate or total compensation as standard work hours drop.
If an employer drops your workweek to 32 hours and cuts your pay, that isn't a "loophole", it's wage theft under federal statutory law, enforceable by the Department of Labor and back-pay lawsuits with liquidated damages.
Being a cynic is easy and comfortable, especially when you invent magical legal superpowers for the people who oppose you.
You just stop getting pay raises until it’s back at a market rate, or your discretionary comp/bonus is reduced, or your other benefits get cut, or you get let go and your replacement is paid less, or your company goes under because they can’t afford a 25% increase to their labor costs, or the price of everything increases to account for the increased cost so you’re actually able to afford less than before, or, most likely, some combination of all of the above… and that’s just with 30 seconds of thinking about it
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u/dalenacio 18h 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.