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New Overtime Rules Have Short Shelf Life

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the back-to-the-drawing-board dept.

rwiedower writes "So the House just voted to scrap the new overtime rules that went into effect August 23. The vote was 223-193. Were the new rules designed to shaft IT workers from getting overtime? Or were they merely designed to streamline outdated rules?"

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  1. I'm still waiting by chrisgeleven · · Score: 4, Funny

    For us Slashdot members who spend 40+ hours a week posting on Slashdot to qualify under these overtime rules.

    1. Re:I'm still waiting by ravenspear · · Score: 4, Funny

      Since you only have 93 total comments, how would that category apply to you?

    2. Re:I'm still waiting by JamieF · · Score: 1, Funny

      h... e... '... s... j... u... s... t... a... v... e... r... y... s... l... o... w... t... y... p... i... s... t... .

    3. Re:I'm still waiting by mcmonkey · · Score: 2, Funny

      Can you type slower please? I cannot read that fast.

  2. What about comp time? by DAldredge · · Score: 2, Funny

    What about the Bush plan to replace the 50% increase in pay for each overtime hour with comptime on a 1 hour to 1 hour basis. You know, the comp time that you could only take if your employeer agreed.

  3. Re:Affect IT Workers? Not Too Many by nizo · · Score: 3, Funny

    Does taking home "free" pens from work count as overtime pay?

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  4. Re:Not Scrapped Yet... by Phillup · · Score: 4, Funny
    so don't go looking to your boss for your overtime yet...

    Found the solution to that a long time ago:
    They pretend to pay me. I pretend to work.
    ;-)
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    --Phillip

    Can you say BIRTH TAX
  5. Re:IMHO by theblacksun · · Score: 3, Funny
    "Unions are about protecting people who don't do their fucking job and making sure they continue to get paid for it"

    I think you're actually refering to university tenure.

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  6. Re:Thats Crap by garyok · · Score: 2, Funny
    You never hear people try to pass legislation to prevent the plumbers from making overtime, etc.
    That's because there's only a very limited number of people that'll put up with being called at midnight to put their hand in other people's shit. Nobody want to be seen alienating plumbers (or whores), because they never know when they'll really, really need them.
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  7. I need to get into politics!! by thewickedmystic · · Score: 2, Funny

    WOW!

    Get nothing done and get paid for it!
    Get something done and still get paid for it!
    Undo something that has already been done and GET PAID FOR IT!!

    That's it, I'm running for Mayor(tm) this next term!

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  8. Re:Not Scrapped Yet... by bahwi · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah, that's proven to work well. There would never be overtime pay, ever again.

    I can see it now, "I want overtime for working over 60 hours a week!"

    "I can get someone for 70 hours a week without overtime, you're outta here"

    Because, you know, we never would have had those laws if we never needed them.

    The government is an extension of the people, the corporations influence it a lot, but in the end, it is an extension of the people. If these laws were completely unnecessary, we would never have needed them in the first place.