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   JB Emmons (intllawgnome@law.builders)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Nov-2022 23:58:39 JST JB Emmons

   There are already myriad ways for employers to get around the 40-hour workweek standard.

   What's more annoying is that all of the legal escape clauses in the #FLSA aren't enough for #Musk and his ilk. They also demand that the hard-fought wins of the 20th century #labor movement be seen as *morally wrong,* and contrary to what's needed for employees to receive a "passing grade."

   Elon Musk gives ultimatum to #Twitter employees: Do ‘extremely hardcore’ work or get out

   https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/16/tech/elon-musk-email-ultimatum-twitter/index.html

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     JB Emmons (intllawgnome@law.builders)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Nov-2022 23:58:54 JST JB Emmons

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     Most of the employees at Twitter are probably already exempt from FLSA overtime requirements. That's not what this is about (at least not directly). It's about changing the broader workplace culture in the US as a whole, resetting it back to the 1890s.