To: President Donald Trump, The United States House of Representatives, and The United States Senate
Pay for Overtime for Exempt Info Technology Workers and Limit Hours
Information Technology workers should be paid for overtime worked, and the number of hours worked per week should be limited to 48 hours.
Why is this important?
Now, under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, "exempt" or "salaried" workers can be forced to work unlimited amounts of overtime (OT) without being paid for it.
* Pres. Obama wants to change the law for some workers. Information Technology (IT) workers should be included because often they work the longest amount of hours.
* IT workers have to make up time for laid off workers, and for consultants who legally have to be paid for over-time.
* IT workers are on-call evenings and weekends.
* IT workers have to meet project plan targets for which management get bonuses.
* IT workers frequently have to work around-the-clock, and 60 to 80+ hours per week.
* The salary of IT workers is being driven down by Green Card employees and by the off-shoring of jobs.
* Comp time is not the answer -- when available, it is often not allowed to be collected.
* IT workers often have to sign contracts stating that they will not take paying part-time jobs, so that they can be available for non-paid overtime work.
* On their own time, IT workers have to continually take classes to keep current with ever-changing technology.
* Limiting OT hours would allow for more paid workers to be hired.
* Paying for OT and/or for more workers would mean that more income tax money would be collected to help run the government.
* The overly long work hours required could lead to health hazards.
* Pres. Obama wants to change the law for some workers. Information Technology (IT) workers should be included because often they work the longest amount of hours.
* IT workers have to make up time for laid off workers, and for consultants who legally have to be paid for over-time.
* IT workers are on-call evenings and weekends.
* IT workers have to meet project plan targets for which management get bonuses.
* IT workers frequently have to work around-the-clock, and 60 to 80+ hours per week.
* The salary of IT workers is being driven down by Green Card employees and by the off-shoring of jobs.
* Comp time is not the answer -- when available, it is often not allowed to be collected.
* IT workers often have to sign contracts stating that they will not take paying part-time jobs, so that they can be available for non-paid overtime work.
* On their own time, IT workers have to continually take classes to keep current with ever-changing technology.
* Limiting OT hours would allow for more paid workers to be hired.
* Paying for OT and/or for more workers would mean that more income tax money would be collected to help run the government.
* The overly long work hours required could lead to health hazards.