On Sun, Mar 30, 2003 at 11:24:34AM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: > But also makes eligible for overtime people who were not previously, > because it raises the annual income under which you *have* to get > overtime from something under $8000 to something over $21,000, which > will at least help the poorest workers. (But what's the minimum wage > now? If it's $5.15, and you worked 40 hours a week for 50 weeks a > year, you'd be just a little above the $8000, at $10,300 a year. > But working at twice the minimum wage, if it's $5.15, you'd still > automatically get overtime....)
Is there anything to prevent the companies getting around this by firing someone, then hiring them back as a contractor/consultant with no benefits and no rules on hourly pay? -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
