This is something I've been struggling to get a straight answer on. I'm working for, let's say, a plumbing outfit. I go out to a job driving the company van and according to the book this job is only supposed to take 5 hours to complete. For whatever reason, the job takes 6 hours to complete and I still need to gas and wash the van and end up putting in 6.5hrs of work (backed up by the van logs and couple personal timeclock apps on my phone). I only get paid for the 5 hours the job was supposed to take and it's logged as 5 hours on my pay stub.
Is this wage theft, labor fraud, or something else? Or is this a legal way of doing things? I've worked for other “plumbers” and have never encountered an hourly cap like this and it's setting off all kinds of red flags. I reached out to a couple of labor groups and they wouldn't take my case because I made too much. I've also reached out to the local Labor Board a few times and haven't heard anything back yet.
Any help is appreciated.