> From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > iaamoac wrote: > > > > First, let me say that you just have to be really skeptical about a > > press-release like this with few details and no links to see what the > > details of the actual policy are. I know that my internal "spin- > > sensors" went off with blinking lights when reading this, so I would > > definitely like to know the *rest* of the story, or at least the > > other side of it. This is the same organization, after all, that > > opposed a Republican plan in the Senate to extend the > > same "flexitime" rules enjoyed by federal employees to private-sector > > employees the day it was introduced. Sometimes I think that if Bush > > supported implementation of the Federal Employee's Pay Comparability > > Act (FEPCA - which would produce roughly a 20% raise for Feds) that > > they would still find a way to oppose it, just because it was Bush > > doing the proposing... > > I posted a URL to an article about it sometime last week. I just checked > that URL, and you can't get to it anymore without paid access to that > site's archives. > > Quoting the article in the Austin American Statesman that inspired me to > look for a similar article that I was *hoping* would be more permanent > than I knew it would be: > http://www.austin360.com/auto_docs/epaper/editions/friday/news_5.html > (URL will be good until Friday, April 4) > > Overtime pay would be mandatory for > low-wage workers
<snip> > White-collar professionals would take a hit in their > paychecks. Generally, workers would be exempt from > overtime in the new rules if they manage more than two > employees and have the authority to hire and fire, This is dangerous part: > or if they > have an advanced degree or similar training and work in a > specialized field, or work in the operations, finance and > auditing areas of a company. This alone will affect millions of people with 2 and 4 year degrees, who no matter _what_ they are paid (above or below the limit), or where they work, and will no longer be able to recieve overtime. In addition to the people who don't have any degrees but do work in 'specialized' fields, etc. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
