What would happen if we required 3x pay for overtime?

[dkf]

Wouldn't that increase employment?

Why are there no ideas to incentivize hiring and penalize stress on the current work force?

[badtoworse]

1. Productivity would drop and prices would rise

I doubt it would move the needle much in the hiring department.

[dkf]

2. The work still needs to be done.

Right now it's more cost efficient to make workers do overtime to safe on benefit costs of hiring another worker. Why wouldn't that equation change if the cost of overtime went up?

[The Straight Story]

3. REAL health care reform and benefit costs would dop, hiring would go up

but our elected leaders caved on that too.

[gkhouston]

4. No, it would increase the number of people currently categorized as "exempt". n/t

[SidDithers]

5. There would be an increase in temporary workers....nt

Sid

[SoCalDem]

6. You would be laid off and your boss would have no trouble finding someone to work for half

of what he paid you:(