How much continuous overtime should an employee be allowed?

[The Comrade]

for the record we don't have anything remotely close to the first affluent societies any longer.

[Hyperion]

[exploited]

wtf is a power differential... is that like a front axle with bold blue and gold stripes?

[exploited]

I already said this, but I'm going to say it again: employee contracts should be required to have an explicit definition of the work-week, and clearly lay out circumstances in which more hours are expected. If the job occasionally or even regularly requires overtime, say so, and make sure people signing up are completely aware of this.

[The Dharma Bum]

Why pay time and a half for over time when you can hire another part time employee for cheap?

[The Dharma Bum]

And I thought he was saying radical as in "like radical gnarly, dude".

[Winchester]

[Winchester]

[Nico]

My father used to work in the mining industry. They had a rule that no one was to work more than 60 hours as they became a liability. It didn't matter how you divided up the shifts, the stats for mistakes over 60 hours were exponential.

No one should be forced to work more than 50, but it can seem pretty unavoidable for those of us with certain types of jobs, but it is worth noting that you become increasingly ineffective over that rough 60 mark. No one wins, not even the employer.

[jurupa]