Month: August 2024

I'm a non-exempt, salaried employee for a non-profit. Recently, US changed the compensation for non-exemot employees – of which I am now one. The main difference, it seems, is now I need to track hours because I can be eligible for OT pay at 1.5 times. My job wants me to work for 3 hours this weekend, but is also “encouraging” us to take off 3 hours this week – presumably so they don't have to pay OT. Are they allowed to adjust my schedule like that? I'm salaried and would think I have to work the normal hours, M-F 9-5 as was the case when I was hired.

Anyone else noticed that the quality for products and services are by far the worst they've ever been? I'm certain it's because no one feels like they're getting paid what they deserve and I don't blame them, however the result of greed is suffering for all.

Our economy is a joke. We make almost nothing anymore—everything's being outsourced to wherever it's cheapest. Instead of fostering industries and innovation here at home, we're content to play financial games, shuffling numbers around while the real wealth and jobs disappear overseas. But it gets worse. We're actively incentivizing people not to have kids, setting up a demographic time bomb that’s going to make everything even worse for the next generation. We're hollowing out our future workforce and pretending it's fine because Wall Street is happy. It's beyond short-sighted; it's downright destructive. And let's talk about how we're subsidizing social programs in other countries (aid) while demonizing any attempt to help our own citizens. Ask for affordable healthcare or a decent safety net here, and you're branded an evil socialist. Meanwhile, our tax dollars are propping up welfare states around the globe, one is an apartheid ethnostate currently perpetuating a…

So, I work in a semi popular restaurant in a state that pays us minimum wage plus we keep whatever tips we receive each day. We are taxed a very small amount on our checks for those tips as well. Our boss loves to tell us we are not allowed to do discuss tips when we’re in BOH asking how each other did the night before. He does this and always reminds us it’s against company policy. I know discussing paid wages is acceptable and against the law to stop your employees from discussing, but since tips are additional pay not from the company, I’m unsure if this is a gray area or not. As I stated, we are paid minimum wage not matter so the tips don’t equal out to minimum or higher. Are tips and the pay laws viewed differently?

I need to take 2 days off, this is a per diem job. I’ve tried multiple times to use sick time in the past (I receive 5 days a year, if not used they go waste as it resets every year.) they said I actually have to be absent to use my sick time. I want to use the Covid excuse, but then I’m thinking what if I actually get Covid? I know technically the job doesn’t need to know why but these people most certainly question me