Overtime

Work rights to overtime pay are at risk

Step 1: Learn

What is at risk

  • Raise the overtime pay threshold, making less folks quality for overtime pay

  • Could change overtime to be calculated over two or four weeks instead of one week (meaning if you work over hours one week but under the next, it might not qualify as overtime)

  • Change the rules about overtime for folks who work from home (raising it to 10 hour minimum to qualify)

  • Could make it easier for businesses to classify workers as independent contractors, removing the eligibility for overtime pay

  • Could allow employers to not pay overtime for certain benefits (e.g. if they pay for childcare or your school, they can opt out of paying overtime)

  • Unions are at risk, which protect and negotiate overtime in collective bargaining agreements.

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Step 2: Plan

Personal

Think about how the proposed changes would impact yourself, your partner(s) and kid(s). Could you live with the implications? How will you fill the gap? Is there something you can do today to help prep, or something you can plan to do later in response to specific changes passing?

Pods are your close knit communities. Here’s more information about pods. Identifying who is in your pod is important to figure out how you can best help. Remember the ripple effect is powerful, helping keep your close ones afloat will help others as well. If someone in your pod is impacted by proposed changes, how can you help support them either now or in the future?

Community in the broad sense - your friends, neighbors, internet comrades, etc. Consider the places and ways you feel connected with the broader group and bring support. If your community is impacted by a proposed change, what can you offer to help?

Some examples are:

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