On Sep 2, 2009, at 12:51 AM, LuKreme wrote:
On Sep 1, 2009, at 22:17, Lawrence Sica <[email protected]> wrote:
On Sep 1, 2009, at 11:37 PM, LuKreme wrote:
On 1-Sep-2009, at 14:49, Lawrence Sica wrote:
Errr, wouldn't that mean they make less than minimum wage? This
law
sets base wages not maximum wages. It's called MINIMUM wage, not
maximum wage.
They do not pay their employees minimum wage, and are not subject to
any workplace laws that apply to everyone else (like not being
allowed
to schedule 24 hour shifts)
Which is not true. They adhere to the same standards as everyone
else
which Patrick kindly pointed out.
House != Senate
Okay.
<http://www.compliance.gov/employeerights/er_fairlabor.html>
===
Except for employees with a specific exemption or exclusion, all
covered employees are entitled to the minimum wage and to overtime
compensation when working over forty hours in a workweek.
...
The CAA and Office of Compliance Regulations provide certain
exceptions to the general overtime requirements of the FLSA.
Regulations provide law enforcement and fire protection employees with
a partial exemption to the overtime requirements. The CAA also permits
compensatory time off, instead of overtime pay, for an employee whose
work schedule directly depends on the schedule of the House of
Representatives or the Senate. Office of Compliance Regulations also
permit three additional methods of payment and compensation that may
be used for employees who work irregular or fluctuating hours. [These
are "time-off plan for the same pay period; fixed salary for
fluctuating hours; and “belo” contracts [which are another kind of
guaranteed compansation plan]".]
...
The CAA provides that interns, as defined in Office of Compliance
Regulations, are not covered by the Fair Labor Standards provisions of
the CAA. The definition of intern does not include volunteers,
fellows, or pages. For the Senate only, the definition of intern also
includes senior citizen interns.
===
There's much more detail at the site.
Speaking as someone who's been an "exempt" employee at every job I've
had since college, I just don't see the Congress acting in a
particularly ugly manner here. There are lots of jobs and roles
throughout the private sector that are exempt, and some roles in
government that are exempt. The bizarre schedule of Congress strikes
me as a reasonable reason for the exemption, just as amusement parks
and conference centers that are "in session" less than 7 months a year
are exempt. But whether or not you agree on that point, this clearly
isn't just a matter of Congress legislating themselves as "better than
us", as Chuck seems to think.
-Patrick
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