My gf started a new job about a month ago and has been grinding, working 12 days in a row and over 50 hours this week. I brought up that the OT pay will be nice and was flabbergasted when she told me she doesn’t get OT, they made her sign a contract when she was hired that stipulates she will only be paid OT if she exceeds 88 hours in a 2 weeks time frame.. I get that this part is kind of her fault for signing and just thinking its normal (still scummy by her employer though as they have her working 12 hours days so only do this because they KNOW she will be hitting OT most weeks).
However they also told her she would have paid 30 min lunches since she is the only one at the store rn and can’t have someone cover for her, but after going over her pay stub she noticed they subtracted those hours ?! The owner btw has mentioned to the employees that during the busy seasons they bring in $10k+ per register a day with 4 open registers !! So you’re telling me this family run business that makes millions can’t afford to pay their barely over min wage employees fairly?
I told her to bring the paid lunches up with her boss but she’s afraid she will be fired since she’s only been there a month, what can she do? What are her rights? We’re in Ontario btw