What happened to overtime? The extra-pay-for-extra-work idea has fallen out of fashion in most salaried, non-unionized workplaces, largely because it's no longer legally required. In Politico Magazine, Nick Hanauer writes of the hallowing out of the middle class: In 1975, more than 65 percent of salaried American workers earned time-and-a-half pay for every hour worked over 40 hours a week. Not because capitalists back then were more generous, but because it was the law. It still is the law, e...
What happened to overtime? The extra-pay-for-extra-work idea has fallen out of fashion in most salaried, non-unionized workplaces, largely because it's no longer legally required. In Politico Magazine, Nick Hanauer writes of the hallowing out of the middle class: In 1975, more than 65 percent of salaried American workers earned time-and-a-half pay for every hour worked over 40 hours a week. Not because capitalists back then were more generous, but because it was the law. It still is the law, e...
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