[Jim-W30692]

To managers/employers: What has happened in the business community in the last few years that has made businesses and employers change their way of thinking about overtime? It appears that all employers now want their employees to work a tremdous amout of hours overtime, when several years ago, overtime was unheard of.
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[Karalynn]

As a manager in a large company, I can tell you that I have observed the ‘downsizing’ or laying off of many employees to cut costs in the company. The result of less manpower on the job is increased hours and demand for the work to be done, and the remaining employees carry the load. It seems like it would be more expensive to pay people overtime instead of cutting jobs, but when you realize that by cutting jobs, the company saves on salaries, health insurance costs, workers comp insurance costs, etc., it is more cost-effective to ‘overwork’ the employees still on the job.

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Name : Karalynn, Gender : F, Age : 47, City : Kansas City, State : MO, Country : United States, Occupation : Regional manager, 

[Hank21407]

Over the last 20 years, Congress has passed laws that resulted in dramatically increased risk of lawsuits resulting from acts committed by employees. Also, medical insurance premiums have increased dramatically. These costs have increased far more than other employee costs, such as salaries, office space, office equipment, and employer’s FICA. If I ask existing employees to work 5 hours more per week, the medical insurance premiums and lawsuits do not increase in a measurable way. Instead, if I hire more employees, each additional employee adds more medical expenses and more risk of lawsuits.

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Name : Hank21407, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 46, City : Minneapolis, State : MN, Country : United States, Occupation : Business Owner, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class, 

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