On Nov 17, 2011 6:13 PM, "Joseph Kern" <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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/
I don't know about anyone else, but every IT job I've had (all in Massachusetts) have been exempt salaried positions. Starting with entry level help desk up through my current sysadmin position (which is still less than $27.56), I've never gotten paid anything for working more than 40 hours, let alone overtime pay. Would have been nice when I did 3 years of 70+ hour weeks.
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