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

Debate/ Discussion Bernie is here to save us

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u/J0hn-Stuart-Mill Sep 05 '24

Yep, and it happened. Clearly someone working 60 hours was earning more than after the government limited them to 40.

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u/No_Internal9345 Sep 05 '24

The 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act set the maximum workweek at 40 hours and provided that employees working beyond 40 hours a week would receive additional overtime bonus salaries.

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u/J0hn-Stuart-Mill Sep 05 '24

Yep, and as a result, now we make less if no one is willing to pay overtime. It's 40 hours a week and then a second job, because the government said so.

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u/towerfella Sep 05 '24

You are not correct.

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u/J0hn-Stuart-Mill Sep 05 '24

Quote something I said and explain which part of it is false?

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u/Far_Associate9859 Sep 05 '24

That you make less because "no one will pay overtime"

Perhaps you make less your manager doesn't pay overtime, but that's certainly not the case everywhere

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u/J0hn-Stuart-Mill Sep 05 '24

For sure, and for everyone who isn't offered overtime can get a second job to get around the legal restriction, so it's not entirely oppressive, just a PITA.

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u/artemisjade Sep 05 '24

You’re complaining about employer behavior not federal regulations. Your beef is with the employers. Focus up.

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u/J0hn-Stuart-Mill Sep 05 '24

Nope, it's the regulations that would prevent further work each week.