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[Herbie <technowombat@yahoo.com>]

I think the entire American work ethic is insane. For your particular 
issue, it might do to contact a lawyer, but in general do you not think 
that working 70+ hours a week is ridiculous anyway, whether or not your 
being paid for it? Such practice is illegal in other first world 
countries, the European union for example, has a mandate on a bi-weekly 
cap on hours whereby an employee can only work to a set maximum. Pasted 
detail follows.

Directive 93/104/EC lays down provisions for a maximum 48 hour working 
week (including overtime), rest periods and breaks and a minimum of four 
weeks paid leave per year, to protect workers from adverse health and 
safety risks.

     *  a maximum 48 hour working week averaged over a reference period;
     * a minimum daily rest period of 11 consecutive hours a day;
     * a rest break where the working day is longer than six hours;
     * a minimum rest period of one day a week; and
     * a statutory right to annual paid holiday of 4 weeks;
     * night working must not exceed eight hours a night on average

Normal hours of work for night workers must not exceed an average of eight 
hours in any 24-hour period. Workers shall be entitled to a free health 
check-up before being employed on night work and at regular intervals 
thereafter. Anyone suffering from health problems connected with night 
work must be transferred, wherever possible, to day work.

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On Sat, 19 Nov 2005, Bryan J. Smith wrote:

> On Sat, 2005-11-19 at 16:24 -0600, David Cloyd wrote:
>> Hey all I don't normally post but I thought this might shed some light on
>> the question at hand.  I believe that an employer may pay you a fixed amount
>> regardless of the number of hours worked if you fall into specific
>> occupations which are exempted from the FLSA (Fair Labor Standards Act),
>
> I _am_ an "EXEMPT" employee and salaried.  I accept this.  I have _no_
> problem with this.  That's just a fact of life.  I am paid for working
> 40, and I work 70+ hours/week.  I figured 50+ hours/week was going to be
> the deal anyway.
>
> My wife wanted me home, and the firm in St. Louis I was contracting at
> wouldn't guarantee a permanent position (at least not until I gave
> notice -- but that wasn't a door I wanted to open after already
> accepting the new position).  So I accepted that.
>
> What I have an "issue" with is that my contract states I get 7 holidays
> per year.  I'm now getting 5 or 6 holidays per year (depending on the
> outcome of Christmas -- we still won't get a day for New Year's).  Now
> I'll probably end up working it just because I'm so busy I have to
> regardless.
>
> But it doesn't do much for moral when you have this type of company.
> One that is to tight that they screw over all their permanent employees
> like this.  It's bad enough that we only get 1 paid week of vacation per
> year, but now they're taking away vacation days they agreed to in the
> written and mutually signed contract.
>
> I was just wondering if anyone here has ever seen a company that doesn't
> give a day for Christmas and New Year's off when it falls on a weekend?
>
>
> -- 
> Bryan J. Smith   b.j.smith@ieee.org   http://thebs413.blogspot.com
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