Working Overtime
overtime שעות נוספות Working Less פחות עבודה puncture clock work עבודה שעון on commission על עמלה salary שכר advantages יתרונות salaried worker. עובד שכיר. steady income הכנסה קבועה full time benefits הטבות במשרה מלאה like health care paid vacation כמו בריאות שילם חופשה security בִּטָחוֹן economic uncertainty אי - ודאות כלכלית climbing the corporate ladder טיפוס בסולם החברה an hourly employee עובד שעה wages שכר rise לעלות fall נפילה based מבוסס eligible זכאי overtime pay תשלום עבור שעות נוספות per time worked לכל זמן עבודה extra mile מייל נוסף unintended consequences תוצאות לא מכוונות end up costing בסופו של דבר עולה designed to help. שנועד לעזור. hypothetical case מקרה היפותטי distributor מֵפִיץ promoted מקודם flexibility גְמִישׁוּת job security ביטחון תעסוקתי consistent עִקבִי overtime rule כלל שעות נוספות was forced נאלץ bump him down to hourly pay a להקפיץ אותו לשעה לשלם a guaranteed מוּבטָח blame אשמה expensive regulation תקנה יקרה labor costs עלויות עבודה punishes מעניש job creators יוצרי עבודה coworkers עמיתים לעבודה job seekers מחפשי עבודה government policies מדיניות הממשלה encourage job מעודדות to hire לשכור retain לִשְׁמוֹר employees עובדים pursue the American dream. להמשיך את החלום האמריקאי.
Working Overtime or Working Less
When you have a job there are a lot of ways to get paid. You can puncture clock work on commission or have a salary.
There are a lot of advantages to being a salaried worker.
Salaried workers enjoy a steady income.
Full time benefits like health care paid vacation and more security in times of economic uncertainty.
It's also usually one of the first steps to climbing the corporate ladder.
When you're an hourly employee your wages rise and fall based on the hours you work.
However hourly workers are eligible for higher overtime pay per time worked above 40 hours in a single week.
Now the U.S. government is going to require that all salaried employees who make less than forty seven thousand five hundred dollars
a year be paid overtime for hours worked over 40 in a week. Sounds good right. Well for the employee that has gone the extra mile
to finally get to a salaried position there may be unintended consequences that end up costing the
people it was designed to help. Consider the hypothetical case for Larry. Larry has worked for an auto parts distributor for several years and was recently promoted
from hourly to salary as a result of his hard work and going the extra mile. This new position allows him flexibility provides additional job
security and consistent income because of the new overtime rule. His boss was forced to bump him down to hourly pay and limit his hours
to 40 per week when sales aren't as strong. Larry's hours get cut to 35 hours in order to save money.
So while he's now eligible for overtime pay his income isn't guaranteed and it's harder to go for that promotion.
Larry can't blame his boss when business owners get hit with an expensive regulation. They usually have two choices raise prices on their products or try and cut labor costs because it punishes job creators. The overtime rule hurts those they serve including customers coworkers
and job seekers. Government policies should encourage job creators to hire and retain employees.
Giving everyone a chance to pursue the American dream.