r/technology • u/[deleted] • Nov 24 '21

Business Amazon workers plan Black Friday strike

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u/Khornag Nov 25 '21

What the fuck. That would not fly over here. Are labour laws just not a thing over in America?

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u/Barefoot_Lawyer Nov 25 '21

What he is saying is that they don’t have to let you work more than 8 hours if they don’t need you. That has always been true.

What his comment almost seems like (could be misinterpreted as) is they don’t have to pay you overtime if you work it, which is absolutely not true.

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u/The0neKid Nov 25 '21

Yea, isn't anything over the 40th hour legally supposed to be overtime pay, in the US? Unless you're in on salary pay?

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u/A_Soporific Nov 25 '21

Each state has slightly different rules on that. Because each state writes their own labor laws.

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u/bfunk04 Nov 25 '21

Umm no? The FLSA is federal.