Typical of the GOPe: taking the lead on more interference in business and private contracts, with the idea that that’ll somehow make liberals vote for their candidates.
I’d rather have the overtime.
Seems like a mute point, since most private sector workers, will only be working 28 hours a week.
How about we reduce the number of government employees by 25%, and let the rest work over time.
With all of the crap going on, why is the GOPe focused on this??
Idiots. They are all idiots.
It could be an option (since so much overtime pay gets eaten by taxes anyway) for those who want it, but there’s a fatal flaw in comparing it to the policies used for civil servants: government employees are paid an average of 20% more than private sector employees for the same job.
So they’re already earning more than most people, and taking time off is just gravy.
In the FedGov, overtime rates are capped by law at a certain maximum rate. As you rise through the pay scale, overtime stops being time-and-a-half, and eventually becomes less than regular time. In times of budgetary difficulty, overtime pay is generally not authorized at all, so taking the compensatory time off is the only option.
Republicans in Congress are pushing legislation that would extend that option to the private sector. They say that would bring more flexibility to the workplace and help workers better balance family and career.
1. This is already common.
2. It’s none of their business. This is one of the reasons I left the R’s. They are simply socialist lite.
As one visiting pastor said in my church 30 years ago, “where would the early church have been if it had put its faith in Rome.
The R’s and D’s are not the answer. The answer lies in those words spoken by Claire Wolfe in the late 20th century:
“America is at that awkward stage: It’s too late to work within the system and too early to shoot the bast**ds.”
I disagreed with that at the time, but now think it was just a few years early.
Private employers crunched the numbers long ago, paying OT is FAR cheaper!
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!
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.