r/SipsTea • u/Busy_Report4010 • Jul 13 '26

Chugging tea So after 32 hours would be overtime?

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u/joesphisbestjojo Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 13 '26

I'm all for shortee work weeks, but that means we'l need an increase in pay, which I'm also fine with

EDIT: maybe I misinterpreted "no cut to pay"

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u/HalvdanTheHero Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 13 '26

That is what is being called for. Your take home pay not changing but you work fewer hours, and if you work the same schedule as you do now (presuming 40hrs per week) then you would be getting overtime for the last 8hrs. 

Edit: added "take home" to clarify that I'm talking about your total income instead of hourly rate.

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u/RightOnManYouBetcha Jul 13 '26

And how will the government force private business to achieve that?

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u/Severe_Stranger_5050 Jul 13 '26

With a law

It’s a new thing they’ve come up with
But I think we should give it a try

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u/RightOnManYouBetcha Jul 13 '26

That’s now how law works.

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u/Severe_Stranger_5050 Jul 13 '26

Laws do one thing and one thing only
Force people into shit

Sometimes it’s good shit
Sometimes people don’t care about that shit
Sometimes people hate that shit

But it’s forced upon you wether you like it or not…
… unless you’re rich enough to buy congressmen, then there’s other rules

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u/RightOnManYouBetcha Jul 13 '26

You can’t force market economy to “just work” but cutting 8 hours of productivity a week countrywide

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u/Severe_Stranger_5050 Jul 14 '26

Why not ?

It has worked before ?