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Re:When Sears Flourished, So Did Workers. At Amazon, It’s Mo... by patrickg_zill on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @01:06AM (#18289850)
Curious about how many hours you would say you work each week? Or how many total hours per year? A normal 40 hours per week is usually seen as about 2000 hours per year.
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Re:When Sears Flourished, So Did Workers. At Amazon, It’s Mo... by CydeWeys on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @05:14AM (#18290834)
The exact definition of a full time salaried position, as defined by the federal government, is 2087 hours per year, FYI.

Why such a weird number? Because it takes leap years into account: 365.24 × 5/7 × 8

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Re:When Sears Flourished, So Did Workers. At Amazon, It’s Mo... by patrickg_zill on Friday October 26, 2018 @12:07AM (#18306721)
True, but there are about 10 typical holidays that fall on weekdays each year. So 50 weeks * 40 hours is close enough.
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Re:When Sears Flourished, So Did Workers. At Amazon, It’s Mo... by bildung on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @07:39AM (#18291497)
Is there no legal minimum number of paid vacation days in the US?
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Re:When Sears Flourished, So Did Workers. At Amazon, It’s Mo... by boomboomsubban on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @07:49AM (#18291551)
There is no required paid leave in the US. No paid vacation, no paid sick leave, no paid parental leave.

*edited a typo.

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Re:When Sears Flourished, So Did Workers. At Amazon, It’s Mo... by leesalminen on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @08:59AM (#18291974)
> paternal

Parental? Maternal leave is also unpaid AFAIK.

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Re:When Sears Flourished, So Did Workers. At Amazon, It’s Mo... by boomboomsubban on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @09:21AM (#18292132)
I think I typed parental and went "no, the other one" and changed it to paternal. My mistake.
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Re:When Sears Flourished, So Did Workers. At Amazon, It’s Mo... by leesalminen on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @09:31AM (#18292207)
No worries! Just wanted to note for anyone else that comes across this that mother’s also go unpaid for leave in the US. Sad state of affairs. I just got back from South America and folks were shocked when we talked about US labor laws.
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Re:When Sears Flourished, So Did Workers. At Amazon, It’s Mo... by CydeWeys on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @08:04AM (#18291655)
The US places last in worker protections among all developed nations on a number of axes, including this one :(
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Re:When Sears Flourished, So Did Workers. At Amazon, It’s Mo... by anticensor on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @09:35AM (#18292239)
None for private employers. Government is different.
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Re:When Sears Flourished, So Did Workers. At Amazon, It’s Mo... by hiram112 on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @07:45AM (#18291529)
No
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