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New job seems fishy...
I started a new job a few weeks ago and today I received my first paycheck. I expected the paycheck to be a little higher in price because on a couple of occasions, I was forced to stay late (on one occasion my relief did not show up on time, the other I had to fix some paperwork). I checked the hours and realized I was NOT paid for the time that I had to stay late, nor was I ever allowed to leave early to make up for this time.
When I brought this information to my trainer, I was told that they only pay for the hours you are assigned on the time sheet, no additional.
Is this legal? I feel if I work an hourly job, I should be paid for ever hour I work. If I am forced by management to stay late, I feel I should be compensated for it. I am not salary and I do not work for free. Help?
When I brought this information to my trainer, I was told that they only pay for the hours you are assigned on the time sheet, no additional.
Is this legal? I feel if I work an hourly job, I should be paid for ever hour I work. If I am forced by management to stay late, I feel I should be compensated for it. I am not salary and I do not work for free. Help?
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Re: New job seems fishy...
Hopefully your trainer will discuss how to handle this.
FYI, I have worked in factories before where I felt it was best to get there early to see what was going on and then if needed stay late to finish up what I started. By doing this I was able to at one place to be made the assistant supervisor as soon as I was hired in full time.
Then again, I am a little old school when it comes to this.
If it is hourly, then you are to be paid time and a half for what hours exceed whatever your weekly hours are -- 35, 35.5, 37, 40 or whatever it is.
If they don't pay you when you have to stay late- the managers should know that, so they shouldn't be asking.
Do you turn in a time card? How are they made aware that you worked more than scheduled?
Well, this isn't the "corporate world". Ive worked in the corporate world for 20 years and the companies I worked for didn't do this.
To me, it's not old school. It's the difference between voluntarily coming in early and staying late in order to educate yourself and an employeer taking advantage of "free labor".
One is voluntary, the other isn't.....
To the OP......I would start looking for another job.
If you are hourly (I'm assuming you are in the U.S.), it is against federal labor laws to not pay you for every hour you work and pay you at time and a half...if those hours total over 40 hours for the week. Or more than 8 hours/day for SOME states (though not most).
With that said, is this a hill you want to die on in a new job? If it were me, I wouldn't necessarily make an issue about what has already happened, but I would speak to HR and/or your manager about the illegality of what happened and how they would like you to handle things in the future to make sure this doesn't happen again.
For an example, I had a salaried job BUT it was in my contract that I was paid OT for any hours over 40 that I worked in a week. Long story short, I was very upset about a new "restriction" they put on my job where I was required to stay at the reception desk at all times to answer the phone or greet people walking through the door...unless someone was available to cover for me. I immediately asked my manager, "So, what do you want me to do about lunch? Most people leave for lunch; however, if I AM NOT ALLOWED to leave...which is illegal, but I'll let it slide...do you all want to pay my OT for that time or let me leave an hour early?"
And the irony was, I usually stayed at the office during lunch anyway and would pick up the phone if it rang. No biggie. One of those situations where my being a nice employee and providing my employer with a "bonus" suddenly turned into a requirement. But once I was REQUIRED to do that, all bets were off.
After my manager picked her mouth back up off the ground, she stuttered out that she would make sure that either she or Employee A would relieve me to take my 1-hour lunch.
Fast forward three days. It's Friday. And she and her best buddy Employee A, going running out of the office at the exact stroke of 11:30. And did not return until 1:00. I calmly walked into her office upon their return and said, "Per our previous conversation, since I was not allowed to take lunch. Would you like me to charge that to OT? Or should I leave an hour early today?" The look on her face, LMAO, was the BEST! I will give her credit that she apologized profusely...even asked if I'd been able to eat something...and said she had forgotten about it. She told me I could leave early that day
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