Return to Article: Senate passes amendment blocking overtime pay change
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Okay, now let's look at reversing some of the exemptions in place now. The Fair Labor Standards Act should hold without exemption. The fact that a person would be expected to work overtime at less than their normal hourly rate is confusing, and I'm not sure how that's consider "fair." We're not salaried employees; we work at an hourly rate so we should get compensated at time and half when we go over our 40 hours per week, period.
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Great job, Senate! I was beginning to think all common sense had left this country. The only ones that could possibly benefit from this action would be "BIG BUSINESS" and the people that give big campaign contributions. The poor person that works for a living (and wants a family/home life) would have the screws put to them, we will pay you the same salary, but you have to work more hours. Leave things as they are, the American family already suffers from a lack of cohesivness because of the number of hours that are required to work (more then any other civilized country) just to survive. We do not need more time at work heaped upon us so the "company" can make a profit. If we still had real jobs in this country, and not just service jobs, we would not have these type problems. Thanks to the Senators with enough backbone to stand up against the "party line" and big business.
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