As if cultural shifts in consumer preferences and buying habits are not enough to deal with on the top line, the new labor policies pose additional challenges on the bottom line.
Currently, salaried workers who make $23,660 or less are eligible for time-and-a-half overtime pay if they exceed 40 hours a week. Starting Dec. 1, 2016, the salary threshold will nearly double as workers who make $47,476 a year or less will be eligible.
Specialty retailers in traditionally low-cost areas, such as the South and Midwest, will be affected the most as their assistant managers and managers will likely qualify for overtime. These retailers typically have smaller store footprints and lower volume, and their assistant managers and managers often make below the new threshold.
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Bottom Line: Fewer full time jobs.
ReplyDeleteYEP communism does not work
ReplyDeleteyes, its so communist to require you pay me extra for working overtime.
ReplyDeleteIt's really simple. If an employer doesn't desire to pay overtime, then don't require it from the employee. If an employee is required to work overtime, then the employee should be compensated with overtime pay.
ReplyDeleteThe same people that want to be paid overtime while collecting a yearly salary based on 40 hours a week will work 32 hours 50 weeks of the year and want overtime for the few weeks they have to work overtime.
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