It's not really that, it allows up to 12 hours a day if the hours in the entire month stays the same as if it were 8h a day, 5 days a week.
I think the criticism of this is legit. The fear is that this opens up legally the expectation of a 12 hour day and if I'm not mistaken the compensation for going over 40 hours is food and shelter? Sounds kinda like slavery for real
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