On Jan 28, 2008, at 11:46 AM, Dave Kopischke wrote:
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The way I understand this came about is a few salaried employees
sued IBM
because the weren't being paid overtime. The judge agreed with
their points
and IBM made a huge number of employees hourly employees. That way
they
know how many hours they work and can pay them for overtime as
required by
the ruling. I also understand that this change to hourly resulted
in about a
15% pay cut. But hey, all they have to do is work a bunch of
overtime and
they're back to their previous earnings and maybe beyond.
Be careful of what you ask for.....
Dave,
This may turn rather interesting over time. *IF* this was the case
then it might open IBM up to various labor laws. If anything, it will
probably lead to unions. IBM opened a can of worms, IMO.
Ed
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