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There are only three states in which some workers' MAY have minimum wage rates below that of federal law. Those states are Georgia, Arkansas, and Wyoming. However, the laws are a bit confusing because if a state has no minimum wage law, OR a minimum wage law on the books that is lower than the federal law mandates, the federal minimum wage rate applies to ALL workers who fall under that federal law - regardless of the states' law.
READ THE WAGE AND HOUR LAW if you really, truly want to understand this. Overtime pay is required for nearly ALL workers who are paid by the hour (like, about 98 percent of workers who are paid by the hour).
I'm not sure if someone has mentioned this, but many minimum wage workers work two jobs to make ends meet. That increases the amount of hours worked in a week and since it's two jobs, OT is not paid.
Thanks, exactly. I'm pretty sure that if the "average" American was working 10 or 11 hours a day, seven days a week, I would know at least one of those people.
I know several and I'm not even living in America.
But as I said earlier, if for some weird reason, it makes you feel better to think that American workers are miserable, overworked sods held under their employers' thumbs by threats of losing their jobs, then carry on.
You know, I'm starting to realize the truth of what you are saying. For some reason, several people here want to believe that "average Americans" work 10 hours a day, 7 days a week, with no weekends, holidays, or vacations, all for a pittance. They actually "know" people who live like this! So why bother to present actual facts?
I'm not sure if someone has mentioned this, but many minimum wage workers work two jobs to make ends meet. That increases the amount of hours worked in a week and since it's two jobs, OT is not paid.
When people work two jobs in Europe, do they get paid overtime? Is it against the law for people in Europe to hold down two jobs and work more than a set number of hours per week combined?
I really don't know the answer to this and I guess I could google it but I thought I'd ask you first.
But he still can not take the whole month of July or August off, right?
He can take off as much time as he wants to at any time of the year. And that's the truth. Not many people in either Europe or the US could say that and I realize that we're lucky.
You know, I'm starting to realize the truth of what you are saying. For some reason, several people here want to believe that "average Americans" work 10 hours a day, 7 days a week, with no weekends, holidays, or vacations, all for a pittance. They actually "know" people who live like this! So why bother to present actual facts?
I don't know why I bother sometimes. Maybe I'm eternally optimistic.
When people work two jobs in Europe, do they get paid overtime? Is it against the law for people in Europe to hold down two jobs and work more than a set number of hours per week combined?
I really don't know the answer to this and I guess I could google it but I thought I'd ask you first.
My comment wasn't about Europe or anywhere in particular. It was pointing out that yes, some people do work 60 or more hours a week with no OT. I imagine it's the same in most places.
The conversation in this thread was focusing on people who need only one job and how the law covers them.
People seemed to be forgetting the working poor.
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