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Can employers force you to come in before your shift to prep?

This is in California. My workplace uses a third party website to manage our hours. To clock in, we must first load up the site. Anyone who has ever used a computer knows that boot up isn’t instantaneous. It takes maybe a few minutes to get everything loaded so we can clock in. Recently, our new boss made it a rule that everyone must come in before the start of their shift to prepare everything so they can get started right on the dot. One of my coworkers expressed she has no intention of doing anything work related prior to the start of her shift and continued to start up her systems at the beginning of her scheduled start time rather than before it. Because of this she was given a final warning about following the new rule or be terminated. I am unfamiliar if this is a permissible policy…

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My employer told me my septum piercing is against the restaurant “rule book”. When I questioned why, all I got was “that’s just the way it is”… gotta love living in a monkey step ladder experiment

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Been extremely overworked [55 hours a week] since December 3rd when they laid off the one person there to help me. This week I was told I’d be getting something that I would love and would definitely make me happy…. that something:

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Pretty fitting for the times.

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The next era of work will be about skills–not pedigree.

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When Robots Make More Money Than American Workers

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I don’t miss working here

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Write up from Harbor Freight. Had to change plans to a Christmas gathering due to the weather the previous week.

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Ah, the illegal do not discuss. I love my boss, but I am underpaid.

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new rules at work… I’m turning in my 2 week notice asap