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Cutting Labor Costs so the GM and CFO get a bonus

I’m a college student at a local university, so close enough to home where I can still work at my highschool place of work. It’s a pretty popular destination for a lot of out of staters. I was back over the past weekend and was scheduled for a 7 hour shift 13:30-20:30. My assistant manager sent me home at appx 15:00 hours. I’m sorry but what. The customer base was enough to justify keeping me on the payroll. The excuse: “Oh, yeah we are cutting back on labor.” I’m sorry but on our busiest weekend. At this rate I should have gotten a job elsewhere. I spoke to other employees and they said it’s so our GM and CFO can get a bonus. Is this legal? To send employees home when their is a reasonable amount of work to do before the halfway point of their shift? (this is the…


I’m a college student at a local university, so close enough to home where I can still work at my highschool place of work. It’s a pretty popular destination for a lot of out of staters. I was back over the past weekend and was scheduled for a 7 hour shift 13:30-20:30. My assistant manager sent me home at appx 15:00 hours. I’m sorry but what. The customer base was enough to justify keeping me on the payroll. The excuse: “Oh, yeah we are cutting back on labor.” I’m sorry but on our busiest weekend. At this rate I should have gotten a job elsewhere. I spoke to other employees and they said it’s so our GM and CFO can get a bonus. Is this legal? To send employees home when their is a reasonable amount of work to do before the halfway point of their shift? (this is the US, PA)

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