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  •  Interesting question (1+ / 0-)

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    exNYinTX

    Haven't thought about it.  My wife is a nurse and she works three 12.5 hour shifts a week, and gets overtime when she is above 40 for the week.  It seems to work well for her and I am quite sure she would not want to work 5 eight hour days if we mandated overtime and the hospital responded by changing shifts.

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    by Ethan Strimling on Mon Feb 25, 2008 at 05:43:24 AM PDT

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    •  Hmmm, I never thought about that. (0+ / 0-)

      I don't really know anymore besides what I've heard. The company I used to work for, brought in some folks from California who under CA law, got paid O/T after 8 hours. So if we all worked a 12 hour shift they got paid 4 hours O/T, while I got all straight time until I hit 40 hours.

      I guess the main benefit would be if you worked less than 40 each week, but more than 8 per day. But as you pointed out, if the employer responded with 8 X 5 it might not be beneficial to everyone.

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      by exNYinTX on Mon Feb 25, 2008 at 02:39:50 PM PDT

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