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In reply to the discussion: Eric Cantor will propose Federal Law that Ends Overtime Pay for hourly workers [View all]jmowreader
(50,557 posts)Okay, how about this: Allow no more than 30 minutes to be rolled into the second week of a pay period. It doesn't give employers enough playroom to abuse employees but it does give employees breathing room. Maybe a full hour.
Now for the real improvement we all need: ban calculating time worked in 15 minute increments. There is where your real abuse lies. Right now, at every retailer in America, if you punch the clock at any time from 9:53 to 10:07 it will consider you to have started work at 10:00. It will also record the exact time you started. There are lots of petty tyrants who think you're not a team player if you don't hit the clock at 9:53 and clock out at 6:07. Do the numbers and you'll see: if you're full time, work 50 weeks a year and make $10 per hour, it costs $625 a year to be a team player. Quarter-hour attendance keeping is a relic from the days of green eyeshades and spreadsheets made of yellow paper. Now we have computers.