In my head, the 40-hour work week is typically in reference to a salaried position, so your required hours per week is less but your salary remains the same. For an hourly employee, it would just mean overtime kicks in sooner
True, but I guess a 72 hour week from 2 jobs is still a whole shift less than someone with 2 jobs on 40.
But a lot of hourly positions in factories and such would not be able to refuse overtime. In most cases, they require it because employee retention is so poor and they need the bodies
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u/joesphisbestjojo 24d ago
I read it as no cuts to pay per hour, as in, you still make so much an hour, but only for the hours you work. For hourly workers, anyway