If you are at work in the middle of the night when the clocks change, do you work an extra hour in the spring and one less in the fall?

  • themusicman@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    This is not true where I live (New Zealand). Any hours over the weekly maximum specified in the contract (no more than 40 per week) are considered paid overtime. Additionally, the employer can’t unilaterally reduce the number of hours from what’s written in the contract.

    • Jikiya@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      The US also has ‘salaried - non-exempt’ which would require the employer to pay for time above 40 hours. Manufacturing jobs aren’t allowed to be exempt from overtime pay. It is generally white collar workers that are allowed to be exempt from overtime pay.

      • mxcory@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        1 year ago

        I believe part of being exempt requires you to be over 2 or more employees and have a say in businesses decisions. (Not 100% sure about the business decision part. Been a while since I read up on it.)