TL;DR, Professionalization for Sysadmin at the cost of overtime. Kay R. Hagan (D-NC) is sponsoring the Computer Professionals Update Act (CPU). Please take the 15 mins needed to read this change in Fair Labor Standards Act (it's only about a paragraph).
Here's the full text: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=s112-1747 A rough summary: We are to be declared professionals under the FLSA, anyone paid over $27.56 an hour will no longer receive overtime for their work. A couple of things bug me: 1. Kay Hagan has Time Warner and Time Warner Cable as donors[1] 2. Michael Bennet (D-CO), a bill co-sponsor, has Comcast, Qwest, Level 3, and Time Warner as donors[2] 3. We seem to be getting titled as "professional" without meeting any of the current requirements under the FLSA[3]. Time Warner, et al., have a serious stake in overtime pay, and while not trying to seem conspiratorial I wouldn't see any other reason this would be introduced as an Act. So what do LOPSA members think about this? What is the official opinion of LOPSA on this issue?[4] [1]: http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.php?cycle=2012&cid=N00029617&type=I [2]: http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.php?cycle=2012&cid=N00030608&type=I [3]: http://www.flsa.com/coverage.html; [4]: To consider ourselves as Professionals and a Community of Professionals, there's a point where we need to have an opinion on labor law. -- Joseph A Kern [email protected] _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
