IP: Hi, OT Law; Bye, Tech Boom?

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

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> Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 17:17:17 -0600
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>      http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,34692,00.html
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> Hi, OT Law; Bye, Tech Boom?
> Reuters
> 7:45 a.m. 2.Mar.2000 PST
> SAN FRANCISCO -- A new law requiring California companies to pay hourly-wage
> employees overtime went into effect on Wednesday, amid fears that it could
> have a chilling effect on the boom in Silicon Valley, which relies heavily
> on highly paid, temporary computer programmers.
>
> The new law, AB 60, passed last year, calls for non-salaried workers who are
> paid on an hourly basis to receive overtime after working eight hours a day,
> instead of 40 hours a week.