• mjsaber@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      31·
      17 hours ago

      Does it classify overtime as “more than 160 hours worked in a 4 week period”, because that’s the original language I saw. Can still work you to death and not pay extra.

      • LandedGentry@lemmy.zipEnglish
        1·
        50 minutes ago

        No doubt the devil is in the details but overtime and tips are certainly addressed in the bill in some capacity.

      • Kecessa@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        315·
        14 hours ago

        Full time in the US is 40h though so 160h every 4 weeks is full time work and any overtime would put you above 160h over 4 weeks… Outside of that then sure your employer should pay you overtime on a daily/weekly basis and not over 4 weeks, but if it’s only about taxes then whatever, it doesn’t make sense to not pay taxes on it anyway.

        • FlexibleToast@lemmy.worldEnglish
          47·
          17 hours ago

          Right, but they can abuse you for short stints of time. Compare that to something like the laws when I worked in California. Anything over 8 hours in a day was overtime, anything over 12 hours in a day was double time, and anything over 40 hours in a week was overtime. This means if they overwork you even in just one day, you’re getting paid extra. With something being worded 160h in 4 weeks they can overwork you for a big event and then give you a bunch of time off and never have to pay you extra.

          • brbposting@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            6·
            14 hours ago

            mm businesses where continuity is really important might love this. Hire enough people so that everyone works 12hr shifts but don’t schedule anyone enough days a month to trigger additional costs

          • Kecessa@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            1·
            14 hours ago

            Which is why I said it only makes sense if it’s for the taxes thing, for everything else you should be paid overtime when you’re working more than you’re supposed to, there’s no questions there.

            • FlexibleToast@lemmy.worldEnglish
              3·
              14 hours ago

              I’m not sure I understand. Why would that make sense for taxes? If it’s overtime, it should be overtime…

              • Kecessa@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                2·
                14 hours ago

                If they want to exempt overtime from taxes they can manage it however they want since it doesn’t make sense to exempt overtime from taxes in the first place.

                Now as for what counts as overtime when we’re talking about when you start getting paid more for the time you’re working? That’s whenever you’re working more than you’re supposed to.

          • ieatpillowtags@lemm.eeEnglish
            59·
            16 hours ago

            “Give you time off”, like just not scheduling you do you don’t get paid. Abuse for real!!

            • FlexibleToast@lemmy.worldEnglish
              18·
              16 hours ago

              No, it’s avoiding paying overtime for when they had you work overtime… Here, I’ll be even more explicit for you. Imagine your company has an event and has you work 60 hours one week, but then only gives you 20 hours the next week. You worked 20 hours of overtime in the first week, but they then avoided paying you overtime by giving you less time the second week. Do you not see how averaging out the time over a longer period is in the interest of the company and not the worker?

              • DeviantOvary@lemmy.worldEnglish
                1·
                7 hours ago

                So kind of like in Austria, but not as bad. The overtime cap is 70 hours (total, and does not get wiped each month) before you can start getting paid for each extra overtime hour. But the tax eats enough of it, that many people just exchange it for days off before they reach 70 hours. Or just work longer hours Mon-Thu and work shorter Fridays – of course, this doesn’t work for all job positions. I don’t think employers are legally allowed to force the workers to use up that overtime, and there is a legal daily limit, but how it works in my company, we just transfer those hours to another day instead, so people can still work over that limit regardless.

              • ieatpillowtags@lemm.eeEnglish
                41·
                15 hours ago

                I realize now my comment could be taken both ways, but I agree with you. They’ll get around the overtime requirement by giving you “time off”, that you won’t be paid for.

                So you suffer your 12 hours day, and then they just take you off the schedule for a day later, which also fucks your over.

    • inclementimmigrant@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      14 hours ago

      From newsweek

      The tax exemption for overtime pay, if enacted, would only apply to income taxes, and not payroll taxes, and would be subject to income restrictions. A work-eligible Social Security number would be required to claim the deduction.

      So I’m very interest to see what the “restrictions” are.