Idk about you but I’d much rather work on Sunday than on Saturday.

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I don’t see how any day of the week should be different for pay these days with the exception being Holidays. I don’t think they can force you to work Sundays either So if you don’t want to work Sundays because you don’t feel it’s worth it then you don’t have to.

It is not like it was a long time ago. Time and a half was an incentive to have people work. It was just as the law of being allowed to open on Sunday was changing. Now it is uncommon to hear of a place being closes in Sunday.

Instant vs delayed gratification is really the only really reason I could see people arguing this. People would rather get 1.5x or whatever on a Sunday then see the same increase in their paychecks over a two week period without having to work that Sunday, and to be fair overtime paychecks are fun to get and fun to work sometimes, but I’d still literally rather have the same money for less hours without the ability to overclock on a Sunday.

Fuck, then you could even work that Sunday and still make more than you were before WITH OT.

I think it's a fine compromise. In the end, your probably making more money.

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Mhmmm so guess I’m not missing the point, you just like being argumentative. Got it.

Time and a half was always a bad policy. This isn’t 1890, we don’t go to church on Sundays anymore. Minimum wage increase are good and I’m in support of them, just not on one random day of the week.

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I mean, yes? I’d be totally down to peg the minimum wage to inflation. But adding time and a half on Sundays is def not the way to deal with it.

MA has a long history of laws and regulations based in Christianity. What you and I interpret today as "progressive" wasn't always the case. Once upon a time, time and a half on Sundays was progressive.

cause Politian's suck! As part of the deal to raise min wage .They agreed to get rid of the Sunday OT...

Is it though?

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How so?

Yea why was Sunday special? Historically because we cared about the Christian day or rest but not the Jewish one. That’s kinda fucked in a “progressive” state that pretends to have a separation of church and state.

This is what gets me. It was an outdated blue law which was meant to encourage people to go to church. What's more, it had such an uneven application that retailers were the vast majority of businesses who actually had to pay it. It was a shit law.

If people want premium pay on the weekends, then they should push for a law that makes sense in modern standards, is clear about what it's for, and doesn't have a million loopholes so that it doesn't disproportionately impact one job sector.

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You gotta take it to my guy.

Wow! 😆

Because it violates the first amendment's freedom of and from religion. If the state requires you to pay more for one religion's holy day and not any others', it is violating the separation of church and state. Removing this and increasing min wage across the board is ultimately the right thing to do.

Here’s the page from Mass.gov with more info

Also can contact your legislator and talk to them about it. Never hurts to voice your concerns to your elected officials

I’d rather them increase the minimum wage every day by an amount that makes it equal than to increase it by a lot on Sundays. If it’s ever a question of going back to time and a half on Sundays, why wouldn’t we just spread that increase out among the rest of the week so that everyone gets it.

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