chopperlot
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I have no probs paying overtime, but half my crew wants money the other wants time off. Prob is we can not work with half a crew. Trying to keep all the boy,s happy.
Also, check your labor laws. If they aren't exempt from overtime, it's entirely possible that they can't waive their rights to overtime.
Not-so-hypothetical situation: Employees work 80 hours one week, get the next week off, make $1000 for 80 hours of some pretty menial work. Everybody was happy.
Then an ex employee figures out that under the law, they were entitled to overtime, complains to department of labor. DoL hands employer a bill for over $100,000 in back overtime. From that day forward, everybody makes minimum wage and only works 40 hours in any given week. Employees not so happy any more, and employer downright pissed at the situation.
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