On Wed, 23 May 2007 14:38:29 -0400, B A R R Y
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Gig 601XL Builder wrote:
Larry Dighera wrote:
Isn't a policy that reduces staffing, and then authorizes mandatory
overtime (with its federally mandated time-and-a-half pay rate) just a
bit irrational?


I'll bet is cheaper to pay two guys for 60 hours each than 3 for 40.




Me too, when everything beyond the hourly cash pay rate is honestly
accounted for.


What items would you include in "everything beyond the hourly cash pay
rate" that you would expect to be less costly using overtime pay in
lieu of standard pay rate?