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GOP seeks alternative to overtime pay
Associated Press ^ | May 6, 2013 3:44 AM EDT | Sam Hananel

Posted on 05/06/2013 3:15:30 AM PDT by Olog-hai

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To: reg45

Then why is the GOP inserting themselves into it?


21 posted on 05/06/2013 4:34:13 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: relictele

Ha—too many people unemployed as it is and we should want less rather than more maneuvering through tax policy. (You’d be giving both employers and employees an incentive to classify more work currently being done as overtime.)


22 posted on 05/06/2013 4:39:00 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: GeronL; RFEngineer

GeronL: With all of the crap going on, why is the GOPe focused on this??

RFEngineer: Idiots. They are all idiots.

Poster #6, meet Poster #8.


23 posted on 05/06/2013 4:39:51 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (Without GOD, men get what they deserve.)
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To: Nervous Tick

bump


24 posted on 05/06/2013 4:40:32 AM PDT by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: 9YearLurker

If 29 hours is fulltime according to ObamaCare, does that mean 30th hours will soon be overtime?


25 posted on 05/06/2013 4:42:20 AM PDT by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: GeronL

You just know this won’t end well.

I can see lots of hours being cut to just short of full time and more part time people hired.

Its like the explosion of temp service jobs in Bill Clinton’s wonderful economy.


26 posted on 05/06/2013 4:51:44 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: GeronL

Don’t give them ideas!


27 posted on 05/06/2013 4:57:20 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: PoloSec

Yeah, gotta’ love those moot points, eh? ;-)


28 posted on 05/06/2013 4:57:27 AM PDT by EnigmaticAnomaly (Dim Logic: "Let me vote Democrat. Hey, I got screwed! Let me vote Democrat. Hey, I got screwed!")
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To: Olog-hai
It sounds good until you factor in the benefits for the extra employees needed to make up for the shorter work week.

Private employers crunched the numbers long ago, paying OT is FAR cheaper!

29 posted on 05/06/2013 5:02:44 AM PDT by Beagle8U (Free Republic -- One stop shopping ....... It's the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
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To: cripplecreek

Having been salary my entire working life, I would rather take the pay over “time off” later on. One company I worked at did that for several years. It was straight time but they did pay it when I worked more than forty hours a week.

Later on they dropped that and went with the “Time off” later on. Which we quickly learned meant take it as soon as you could or it disappeared down the memory hole.


30 posted on 05/06/2013 5:03:16 AM PDT by The Working Man
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To: Olog-hai

Here’s a thought:

Don’t pay gov’t workers ANYTHING for overtime and they’ll find a way to get their job done in 40 hrs.

Leave the private sector alone, you have NO jurisdiction there!

This would be another payoff to the UNIONS.
The mob bosses want more money!


31 posted on 05/06/2013 5:22:54 AM PDT by G Larry (Darkness Hates the Light)
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To: Olog-hai

Most employers were able to figure this out a long time ago. Give the workers a straight salary and then give them work loads that demand overtime.


32 posted on 05/06/2013 6:25:36 AM PDT by bgill (The problem is...no one is watching the Watch List!)
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To: G Larry

Look. 40 hours/week = 2080 hours/year. Anyone who can prove thru paycheck stubs that they worked those hours(minus vacation) should be entitled to all the cash benefits we(taxpayers) can afford. It would be subject to GDP/GNP and awarded only after the numbers are added up. Those that are unable to work can die trying. The numbers will go up every time we cut off the deadbeats and those here illegally. Get rid of food stamps and give them rice and beans-a complete protein. Nuff said.


33 posted on 05/06/2013 6:31:16 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: ThunderSleeps

“I “flex” my time just about every week. Great way to take care of things without having to take time off. My company gets more work out of me too.”

Guess what? If the government mandates this, your employer will be forced to do this for every employee - even ones that are marginal. Your employer will be forced to establish stricter work hours, and your ability to “Flex” will be curtailed because if they allow you, they will have to allow the marginal employees who may not warrant such a benefit to do it too.

What other choice does an employer have when the government gets involved? In their mind, the only reason a non-productive employee is not productive is because you don’t let him have time off whenever he wants it to take care of personal business.

ANY half-witted employer cares more about productivity than strict hours worked and would let a productive employee take care of personal things and make it up by working more some other time.

ANY half-witted employer would also keep a slacker on a short leash.


34 posted on 05/06/2013 7:44:28 AM PDT by RFEngineer
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To: 9YearLurker

Actually a lot of working women would prefer the flex time to OT pay which is now legally required.

So by opposing this the Dems are engaging in a WAR ON WOMEN /sarc.

(their response of course will be to legally require massive amounts of PAID time off, a la France)


35 posted on 05/06/2013 8:09:36 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Buckeye McFrog

You make a fair point in that I’d take away the overtime requirement altogether. Salaried folk don’t get it, but they often informally get comp time in its stead.


36 posted on 05/06/2013 8:15:37 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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