Yay for being free and clear. My car loan will be paid off in April and I can't wait. I'm just going to drive it until it dies, which could be six months, could be six years. I do love my car.
I've been meaning to ask, how do your work hours work? I mean currently full-time work week means 37 hours over here (people in the private sector sometimes work more, but 37 is the official number). We have flex-time, so we stamp in and out and any excess time is calculated. Like, I currently have around 18+ hours on my flex-time when I clock out. I can't get this time paid in cash (I work in the public sector, private sector might be different), but I can use it to take time off from work. Taine once got overtime paid in cash because he was required to come in for work on a Saturday (it was something IT related that needed to be done before everyone else came back Monday). Since it was a requirement, he could get cash for his efforts. Otherwise you don't get paid overtime in the public sector.
So how's the American one on this? Do you get paid according to your results or do you get a set wage?
I know! $250 a month that I can save for MEEEEEEEEEEE~ :D
In the US, full-time work usually means 40 hours a week (some employers define it a little differently, but usually when you're offered a full-time job, they want to see you there for 40 hours). We don't get flex-time if we work over - American employers must, by federal law, pay time and a half if you are a full-time, non-exempt employee. (Some industries/positions are exempt from the overtime regs, but I can't think of a good example because I don't know of any from personal experience - maybe someone who is paid 100% on commission. "Exempt" can also refer to someone who is salaried and makes the same wage every paycheck, regardless of how many hours they work - lolmom, for instance.)
Time and a half means that for every hour of overtime I work, I'm paid my regular hourly rate plus half of that again. We don't get flex time, but that's okay by me - I'd rather see the cold, hard cash :D
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I've been meaning to ask, how do your work hours work? I mean currently full-time work week means 37 hours over here (people in the private sector sometimes work more, but 37 is the official number). We have flex-time, so we stamp in and out and any excess time is calculated. Like, I currently have around 18+ hours on my flex-time when I clock out. I can't get this time paid in cash (I work in the public sector, private sector might be different), but I can use it to take time off from work. Taine once got overtime paid in cash because he was required to come in for work on a Saturday (it was something IT related that needed to be done before everyone else came back Monday). Since it was a requirement, he could get cash for his efforts. Otherwise you don't get paid overtime in the public sector.
So how's the American one on this? Do you get paid according to your results or do you get a set wage?
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In the US, full-time work usually means 40 hours a week (some employers define it a little differently, but usually when you're offered a full-time job, they want to see you there for 40 hours). We don't get flex-time if we work over - American employers must, by federal law, pay time and a half if you are a full-time, non-exempt employee. (Some industries/positions are exempt from the overtime regs, but I can't think of a good example because I don't know of any from personal experience - maybe someone who is paid 100% on commission. "Exempt" can also refer to someone who is salaried and makes the same wage every paycheck, regardless of how many hours they work - lolmom, for instance.)
Time and a half means that for every hour of overtime I work, I'm paid my regular hourly rate plus half of that again. We don't get flex time, but that's okay by me - I'd rather see the cold, hard cash :D
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