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Computer Professionals Update Act seeks to remove overtime pay for IT workers

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Re: Computer Professionals Update Act seeks to remove overtime pay for IT workers

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Post by droithomme »

Amazing there are any scenarios remaining in the "plug the overtime loophole" game. It seems there is an article with this, or very similar, headline every year. How many times are they going to have to pass laws to expand the reach of these slave shops?

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Post by gm »

droithomme wrote: post #3

Amazing there are any scenarios remaining in the "plug the overtime loophole" game. It seems there is an article with this, or very similar, headline every year. How many times are they going to have to pass laws to expand the reach of these slave shops?

If it's at-will employment, then by definition it's not slavery.

And it's not a de-facto slave system either. Programmers are in extremely short demand, so leaving a job you are uncomfortable with is very highly feasible.

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Post by orbitingpluto »

gm wrote: post #4
droithomme wrote: post #3

Amazing there are any scenarios remaining in the "plug the overtime loophole" game. It seems there is an article with this, or very similar, headline every year. How many times are they going to have to pass laws to expand the reach of these slave shops?

If it's at-will employment, then by definition it's not slavery. And it's not a de-facto slave system either. Programmers are in extremely short demand, so leaving a job you are uncomfortable with is very highly feasible.

Time to roll out a 170 year old joke.

Slavery might not be that bad. If your employer owned you then they would at least have some incentive to take care of you.

Re: Computer Professionals Update Act seeks to remove overtime pay for IT workers

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Post by prpatel »

meh. most IT workers are classified as exempt anyways using any of a number of loopholes. The most common of which is making the employee a 'manager' which means they can't qualify for overtime pay. Nice to see my state's Senator as a sponsor on the bill (Isakson). Hopefully whichever hapless Democrat runs against him will may some hay but dragging this out as "anti-worker," but I doubt anyone will care. GIT ER DONE!

Re: Computer Professionals Update Act seeks to remove overtime pay for IT workers

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Post by gwright »

The definitions of exempt vs. non exempt in the FLSA have always seemed somewhat arbitrary to me. How about we just let employers offer what ever terms they want and employees decide to accept or reject them? As a bonus we can downsize government by getting rid of the FLSA enforcement bureaucracy .
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