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Byron Dorgan: “Isn't it the case that the bill that was brought to the floor says to you, if you are an employer and you have somebody…”

On the recordMay 16, 1997
Isn't it the case that the bill that was brought to the floor says to you, if you are an employer and you have somebody working for you making $14,000 a year, working hard, working two 40-hour weeks, ``By the way, we will give you some flexibility; you can tell that worker next week that they are going to work 60 hours, and that you can let them work fewer hours the week after, so as long as it adds up to 80 hours, whatever the requirement of work for the first time?''
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

Editor's note · Context

Discussing employer flexibility in a proposed labor bill.

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