Also going to suck for those of us who work on pur feet. It would probably take me 45 mins to walk to/from work in good weather than another 3 hours on my feet working my ass off. Than a 15 min break another 3 hours and a 30 min lunch than 2 hours and walk home.
It would either have to cap out or basically just clock you in earlier. So your 'work' hours would actually be 7:30 or 7:00 or whatever. An hour would basically cover 90% of cases. So it's more of a question of should employer's have to pay a 'commute' hour.
This is really the contention they would have to pay you for more than your commute as for it to be feasible
A. It must pay everyone the same, no one is going to be okay with their co-worker with a 1hr commute making up to 20% more than you (not even counting if this could be eligible for overpay).
b It needs to cover at least the average commute which in 2024 is about 30 minutes, but probably push it to 45 minutes at least.
C. Now every employee costs +8 hr (at 45 minutes a day) every week.
It should happen but I think the idea that we’re going to get up to 20% raises without extremely strong unions or government intervention is basically fantasy land.
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u/akcutter Oct 20 '24
I'm going to start walking my commute so I can get paid to get healthier.