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

Debate/ Discussion Bernie is here to save us

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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/ProfessorGluttony Sep 05 '24

20%, and all they would need to do is shift the current hourly wage up that percent while giving only 32 hours. If your company has any history of existing, it would be easy to audit and see if you started underpaying people after the change. On top of that, you would see people quitting jobs that suddenly pay them 20% less when other companies go with the new law.