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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera
We ended up having to go to 10 hour days for the current employees that wanted time and half for the 10 hours per week extra work.
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I administer labor law. If those ten hours are in excess of 40 for the week, the required rate of pay is regular time * 1.5. If they are paid hourly, then the chances that some ex exception applies is small.
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Originally Posted by flatbutt
.... I'd ... tell her she's being docked an hours pay.....
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This would absolutely be unlawful. I suppose an argument could be made that 1/2 hours of pay should be deducted, but you'd have an excellent chance of losing in front of a judge and it would be silly to invest time in that dispute.
Bus I sure agree with the probably unanimous perspective here. I certainly learned some proper values. Sir. Mr and Mrs. Yes. Please. You show up early and stay late. You listen carefully and do the job assigned. Offer suggestions only occasionally and respectfully. Come up with your own assignments, based on what you see that needs to be done, and clear them with the boss before proceeding. Practice these phrases: "Yes, Sir." "Right away, Sir." "Thank you." "What would you like me to do?"
These are just my basic values, which are no longer taught. I get that. But I just wonder what the young people imagine will happen to the workers on either end of this scale. The worker who behaves as I have described above....would be what we call a "superstar" or "rock star." In my organization, everybody knows who these people are. They also know each other, because they have formed a network of people who actually get the stuff done. By collaboration and communication.
If I am the store manager and I have one of these people at the bottom of the hierarchy, I know I have someone good who I can place into the next promotional position. Meanwhile, I give them a raise. So they might stay. Every manager wants one of these people.