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4. Gotta love the obsession with expecting 168-hour workweeks out of IT people...

Sun Feb 5, 2012, 02:26 PM

Feb 2012

I'm currently paid for 40 and getting a whole lot of pressure from my employer to work 60-80, the extra hours being unpaid.

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Bill would limit overtime for high-tech jobs [View all] bathroommonkey76 Feb 2012 OP

Silly me , I thought this was about limiting actual work hours, hedgehog Feb 2012 #1

k&r for labor. Laelth Feb 2012 #2

Lovely salvorhardin Feb 2012 #3

Du rec. Nt xchrom Feb 2012 #5

Well at least they don't have term limits. CrispyQ Feb 2012 #6

Wage Theft Epidemic TheMastersNemesis Feb 2012 #7

Oh, don't get me started on unpaid internships! LiberalEsto Feb 2012 #10

PARITY PARITY PARITY TheMastersNemesis Feb 2012 #15

It should be pushed as a wage theft law. LiberalFighter Feb 2012 #16

More work for less pay .... what a good deal Botany Feb 2012 #8

This bill is horrible LiberalEsto Feb 2012 #9

What overtime pay? 3waygeek Feb 2012 #11

And the war on the middle class continues. Life Long Dem Feb 2012 #14