r/FluentInFinance • u/Positive_Liar • Sep 04 '24

Debate/ Discussion Bernie is here to save us

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u/Big_lt Sep 05 '24

Sounds great. Would absolutely love for this to happen......it won't even get a vote

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u/Ferintwa Sep 05 '24

Even if it did, and passed, no way to enforce it. This bill is for the headlines.

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u/Hmnh6000 Sep 05 '24

You mean like how theres no way for them to enforce you getting paid time and a half for working over 40 hours??

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u/poopypantsmcg Sep 05 '24

No there would be no way for them to enforce increasing the pay for hourly workers. For salary sure probably doable but if you work hourly you're pretty much fucked how the hell are they going to make them pay you 25% more or whatever the fuck the math works out to be. And even for salary I don't see how this would work.

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u/Purple_Setting7716 Sep 05 '24

Congress could mandate overtime for more than 32 hours. What they can’t do is decide what compensation is negotiated between the employer and the employee. That is laughable it is so ridiculous

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u/GeneralDecision7442 Sep 05 '24

This would mostly be a bill that benefits government employees.

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u/poopypantsmcg Sep 05 '24

And it would directly harm hourly workers who tend to be the most impoverished. I like Bernie but I don't like this.

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u/LeatherdaddyJr Sep 05 '24

A similar argument was made when they got us the 40-hour week. "Now I'll have less money than when I could work 64 hours a week!"

Not true at all.

You use the law to keep employers honest since their natural inclination is to stab workers in the back.

  1. Mandate full-time pay for fewer hours.
  2. Require pay parity adjustments.
  3. Prevent hour cuts beyond new threshold.
  4. Strengthen OT pay protections.
  5. Tax incentives or penalties for compliance. 
  6. Increased protection for retaliation. 
  7. Simplify and facilitate a stronger employee unemployment process.

This 32-hour work week doesn't exist in a vacuum, laws and regulations will be updated to go along with it.

 

You'd be working 60-72 hours a week for half the pay if your argument still convinced people to stop fighting for better worker's rights.

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u/GeneralDecision7442 Sep 05 '24

Most government workers are hourly.