The practice of "Mandatory Overtime" is nothing more than thinly-veiled slave labor. If a worker has no choice but to sacrifice his personal time or lose his job, that is not a choice - it is coercion by his employer.
An employer has little incentive to hire additional employees when he can work 2 people 60 hours a week for less than the cost of 3 people working 40 hours per week. This is because of regulations requiring the employer to pay into the employees SSI, unemployment, etc.
I propose either abolishing "Mandatory Overtime" or increasing the Overtime Compensation to twice the workers wages for hours worked over 40.
This will have many benefits - including increased hiring of labor, more personal time for employees, and improved moral in the workplace.
Thank you for your time.