Month: May 2022

I work in a supermarket. When we get personal checks as a form of payment we have to initial them in case the checks bounce. I was told this morning that employees will be forced to pay the amount if the checks bounce. I live in Vermont. I would love to know if there are laws supporting workers in this case. Thanks in advance!

-my asshole manager

So I didn’t. I woke up this morning & I’m very obviously sick. I got a write up last week for missing 1.5 days whenever our kids were sick a month ago. At the end of the conversation my boss told me “if you can give me 24 hours notice or so, I can try to get it excused for you so you don’t get any more attendance points” How am I supposed to know if myself or my kids are going to become ill? So I went ahead and went into work. I wore a mask today, just to err on the side of caution. (They don’t enforce masking & most of the time you’re not within 6 ft. of anyone else, except in my current position.) Every single person asked if I’m okay, if I’m sick, if I should be there. After two hours of work, & letting…