this post was submitted on 02 Mar 2024
137 points (100.0% liked)

Politics

10793 readers
107 users here now

In-depth political discussion from around the world; if it's a political happening, you can post it here.

Guidelines for submissions:

These guidelines will be enforced on a know-it-when-I-see-it basis.

Subcommunities on Beehaw:

This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
alyaza@beehaw.org
TheRtRevKaiser@beehaw.org
Gaywallet@beehaw.org
JuBe@beehaw.org
JCPhoenix@beehaw.org
kalanggam@beehaw.org
circularfish@beehaw.org
knokelmaat@beehaw.org
remington@beehaw.org
137
House Bill 500 Takes Away Kentucky Workers’ Lunch and Rest Breaks and Cuts Their Pay - Kentucky Center for Economic Policy (kypolicy.org)
submitted 2 years ago by tintory@lemm.ee to c/politics@beehaw.org
21 comments fedilink hide all child comments
top 21 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] t3rmit3@beehaw.org 55 points 2 years ago
  • Repeals the requirement that employers provide a lunch break.
  • Repeals the requirement that employers provide a rest break.
  • Repeals the requirement that employees who work seven days in a row receive time-and-a-half overtime pay.
  • Eliminates employer liability for failure to provide proper pay for work time spent traveling between jobs and for time spent on certain activities associated with starting and wrapping up a job.
  • Decreases the statute of limitations for labor violations from five years to three years so workers have less time to report issues.

Jesus, what the actual fuck Kentucky?

[–] Vodulas@beehaw.org 41 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Fuck, I thought those were federal laws. Sounds like they should be, oh wait right wingers want to get rid of federal labor laws too

[–] w3dd1e@lemm.ee 32 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I did too until last year when I realized Subway was making my 16 year old niece work for 9 hours with no lunch and no breaks.

Even minors, don’t get lunches in red states.

[–] Vodulas@beehaw.org 28 points 2 years ago

How are they not known as the party of child labor?

[–] h3mlocke@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Didn't give a shit til it affected ur niece, nice

[–] Quexotic@beehaw.org 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Didn't know. Their crime is not being informed about something that they wouldn't know about. Increase your chill, friend.

[–] h3mlocke@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Ur right, sorry

[–] w3dd1e@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It’s my fault! Sometimes, I don’t explain myself well in text! Sorry about that!

I definitely care, just didn’t know that kind of thing was happening or that it was legally allowed to happen until she mentioned it and I researched it.

It’s also infuriating because now that I know it’s a problem, I don’t know what to do about it and I feel helpless to make effective change.

[–] w3dd1e@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

And I can’t start boycotting Subway. I already don’t eat there because 1) subway takes advantage of franchisees and their employees for other reasons and 2) their food isn’t good.

[–] Quexotic@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

It's all good buddy:)

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The USA is a hellscape for workers. Wow

[–] Zworf@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

And it's one of the richest countries on earth. Yet can't even afford a lunch break or overtime? Give me a break...

Not to mention that not providing breaks or even weekends is not even helping productivity. Workers will be tired working less hard and making more mistakes.

[–] Quexotic@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago

Give me a break...

I see what you did there... Lol.

[–] thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

WTF red states?

I can only assume they WANT this to get challenged so it goes to the Supreme Court because our insane SCOTUS might uphold it.

[–] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 15 points 2 years ago

They're not insane. They know exactly tm what they're doing.

[–] metaStatic@kbin.social 17 points 2 years ago

Every employer has a place called home; and it's likely flammable.

[–] RadioRat@beehaw.org 15 points 2 years ago

Not surprised the state responsible for Mitch McConnell is really good at voting counter to its best interests.

[–] circularfish@beehaw.org 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This inevitably happens in states and in industries with low or no union participation. Reason number 1,000 why workers have to stick together. Unionize … and strike.

[–] apis@beehaw.org 8 points 2 years ago

Trying to hope this will galvanise workers in Kentucky into unionising at last, but suspect it won't, and that Republican strategists are primed to roll out all the usual tactics to discourage it.

[–] Quexotic@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago

What short memories. Don't they know that people are willing to die for these rights?

[–] reric88@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Funny the sponsor of this bill is the president and owner of a lawn and landscaping company. I imagine he's probably mad he has to pay his workers fair wages and just wants more money in his pockets.

If a company hires you and you live 90 minutes from a job, that company damn well should pay for your trips. You can agree not to, and that's fine, but workers should expect to be paid for long commutes which are work related.

I spent 3 hours on the road 5+ days a week for 8 years and never got a cent for it, and when my vehicles crapped out the companies didn't give a crap.

https://legislature.ky.gov/Legislators/Pages/Legislator-Profile.aspx?DistrictNumber=62

https://prattslandscape.com/about-us-team/team/