On Friday the site manager told everyone in a meeting that because most departments are behind (not mine, thanks) there was going to be mandatory overtime for those departments. Starting next week, everyone in those departments must work ten hour days.
Here is where it gets wonky.
IAP pays an hourly rate and an hourly "fringe benefit" that when added together equals an amount very very close to what we were all getting paid at the IRS. Close to within a few cents, actually.
However, your "fringe" only applies to your normal 40 hour week. Anything above that, and you drop back down to the standard hourly wage, no fringe.
Overtime is time-and-a-half, but since you aren't being paid your fringe, it's time-and-a-half based on your basic hourly wage, which is way lower.
In fact, the difference between our standard pay (with fringe added) and our overtime pay (without the fringe, at time-and-a-half) is right around a dollar and some change per hour.
hurray!
luckily, my department is not one that has fallen behind. In fact, we're pretty far ahead. So I will not have to work the ridiculous overtime.
