A protest in San Francisco against then-Gov. Pete Wilson’s successful efforts to diminish the amount of overtime that employers paid out.
A barista at a cafe in Berkeley whips up a coffee drink in 2020. In the months after COVID-19 slammed California, most people stayed home and sheltered in place, but due to a pandemic-induced shortage of workers, Carlos often worked overtime in what authorities deemed an essential job.
Most farmworkers won overtime rights in California in 2019, but those on H-2A visas, which allow migrants to come to the U.S. to work, have fewer practical labor rights because they can be fired and deported in retaliation for highlighting illegal conditions. Here, H-2A workers harvest melons for the Rancho Nuevo Harvesting Company in the San Joaquin Valley in 2021.
Overtime hours are common in many fast food establishments, especially after the pandemic triggered labor shortages of workers willing to accept such low-wage jobs. Here, a worker in Arcadia, California, in 2006, makes sure customers get their sides of fries.
Due to staff shortages, classroom aides – like this one sharing a math lesson at a Janesville, California, school in 2006 – often work long hours.
Who Killed Overtime Pay?
You Probably Aren’t Getting Paid Overtime. Here’s Why.
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