"Whatever Happened to Overtime?", a piece written by a Job Creator

[CountDeMoney]

I was addressing the larger issue of regulatory fines, not those specific to overtime.

Which presumably includes those for overtime. 

The concept of overtime, like dinosaurs and pensions, is merely a blip in history and will go down in the books as a late-20th century novelty in economics.  You won't have to worry about it much longer.

[Admiral Yi]

Changing the subject works too.

[Sheilbh]

Americans have been conditioned for over a century to hate all things red even at their own expense, Martim, so tossing around Das Kapital isn't going to work. The fact you are ignorant on that matter is the real novelty.

The best lie of the rich - convincing everybody that inflation is a bad thing.

Inflation, the British cure to everything

[garbon]

This is America, man;  every regulatory fine is never high enough, from labor and environmental standards to financial compliance and homeland security standards.  Why spend more when cutting the check for regulatory fines is always easier?

Do you know a single person who has been withheld over time pay due them?  I don't.

I knew one person who claimed that was the case. I never paid much attention or had much sympathy as he was mad lazy and did his job poorly.

[Ideologue]

That just means the regulatory fines are not high enough.  In addition to facing an order to pay all outstanding overtime within a certain period of time, employers also face escalating fines for each breach of the legislation.  Each employee not paid overtime is considered an independant breach and so the fines add up to the point where it quickly becomes unprofitable to breach the legislation.

This is America, man;  every regulatory fine is never high enough, from labor and environmental standards to financial compliance and homeland security standards.  Why spend more when cutting the check for regulatory fines is always easier?

My favorite pary is CCs assumption that these are billed hours that the company refuses to pay 1.5 for and not hours of untracked off the clock work.

[Martinus]

Americans have been conditioned for over a century to hate all things red even at their own expense, Martim, so tossing around Das Kapital isn't going to work. The fact you are ignorant on that matter is the real novelty.

The best lie of the rich - convincing everybody that inflation is a bad thing.

Inflation, the British cure to everything

In Germany it brought Hitler to power - that is why they hate it so much these days. In Britain it wiped out the 19th century's public debt, so no wonder you guys like it.

[Sheilbh]

Americans have been conditioned for over a century to hate all things red even at their own expense, Martim, so tossing around Das Kapital isn't going to work. The fact you are ignorant on that matter is the real novelty.

The best lie of the rich - convincing everybody that inflation is a bad thing.

Inflation, the British cure to everything

In Germany it brought Hitler to power - that is why they hate it so much these days. In Britain it wiped out the 19th century's public debt, so no wonder you guys like it.

Not just 19th century but 20th century too! It even cured gout

[Admiral Yi]

It didn't wipe out WWI debt because y'all defaulted on that. 

[Martinus]

It didn't wipe out WWI debt because y'all defaulted on that. 

It's not a default if everybody does it.

[Sheilbh]

It didn't wipe out WWI debt because y'all defaulted on that. 

No we didn't

[crazy canuck]

Inflation, the cause of and solution to all life's problems.


Or was that beer? 

[Admiral Yi]

It's not a default if everybody does it.

Of course it is.

And Finland didn't.

[alfred russel]

There seem to be a lot more people worrying about employers ripping off employees regarding overtime than people worrying about employees ripping off employers by surfing the internet. 

[crazy canuck]

There seem to be a lot more people worrying about employers ripping off employees regarding overtime than people worrying about employees ripping off employers by surfing the internet. 

If it will make you feel better we could get someone to alert your employer. 

[alfred russel]

There seem to be a lot more people worrying about employers ripping off employees regarding overtime than people worrying about employees ripping off employers by surfing the internet. 

If it will make you feel better we could get someone to alert your employer. 

I'm sure my employer has someone assigned to monitoring my internet use. Luckily, she must be distracted by her own internet surfing.