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[–] BigTrout75@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Would a union be able to repeal this lame IT overtime pay expectation? This dumb rule was the $27.63 over ten years ago too. I once worked at a place and a co-worker was told by his staffing agency that they didn't have to pay overtime.

https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/fact-sheets/17e-overtime-computer#:~:text=However%2C%20Section%2013(a)(,duties%20and%20who%20are%20paid

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 month ago

A collective agreement can't include less than the law but can provide more than the law, so they could add paid overtime in the collective agreement and the employer would have to follow that even though the law doesn't make it mandatory.

A collective agreement is a work contract, the only difference is that the employees negotiate it as a group instead of one by one.

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Unions generally don't write or repeal laws, but a union contract can negotiate overtime pay where there isn't any.