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My former boss lied under oath. And I don’t know what to do, because I have proof.

TLDR: at a hearing with a judge to appeal I A second determination for unemployment in my favor, my boss was put under oath, and I was given the opportunity to ask her questions, and she lied. I asked her if she was sure, she said she was. After the hearing, I reached out to my friend, get the proof that I need, and I have screenshots of what I need but also an audio recording. I worked for an elementary school. For 3 years with almost no mistakes. No write ups. No absences. Nothing. I requested the same accommodation multiple times. It was never put through. I filed complaints, about 5, with the state. My boss made my life-a living hell before taking my PTSD trigger and using it against me. Multiple times. I tried to use FMLA to get help. No one in HR would help. Finally I…

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Can I waive my 30 minute lunch period?

I am taking 2 classes this semester, but I am also salaried so I have to make up the time I miss. I routinely work through my lunch breaks now, so I had just planned to count that toward my 40 hour work week. Then I was told I had to take at least 30 minutes, but I wrote on the alternative work schedule form, I Am voluntarily choosing to give up my lunch break. My one class is only 6 weeks longer, so I don’t think this should be such a huge deal. But next semesterI want to try and take 2 8 week classes and that will be more challenging if I have to take a half vacation day each week, which is what I have decided to do.

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I work in retail

If a single person mentions me working today, I'm not holding back. Stay home on holidays, encourage more buildings to close on holidays

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Shared by one of my Trump loving COVID-denying Facebook friends

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Opening shift doesn’t get lunch breaks but closing shifts do? About done!

So I work at a golf course. Been doing this for 8 years. I work 6am – 2pm. First off we do more work. Setting up and deal with morning rushes. The place is typically dead in the afternoon. When I was hired I was informed you had to work 4 hours to get a lunch break. Half a shift. The problem is we don’t have closers come in until 12. We are steady and busy. Not enough staff to take a lunch break. They suggested one at a time. Doesn’t work because we get busy and have a rushed break. I suggested we get to go boxes and eat while working they banned it. Closers show up and clock in at 12 and eat for 30 minutes and then walk downstairs. Lately we have been getting sent home early around 1-1:30. We were told no breaks because we have…

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Would love to have Labor Day off from my job, but been looking for work for a year.

Before I vent, if this post goes against community guidelines I understand if the admins remove it. I'm just exhausted at this point and tired of dealing with this junk and needed to vent. I spent 2020-22 working as a glorified intern via the AmeriCrops program, which operates in 1 year terms. It provided some good work experience in the non-profit world where I got to actually help other people in my community deal with and overcome their own personal poverty situations (yes I know poverty is a systemic issue, however, in this organization I worked through we were taking an individualized approach because I live in the South). Anyway, I did a second term in this program because the job market in 2021 was crap and so I decided to wait it out another year and keep the job I was doing. It didn't pay much but it was…

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Happy Labor Day from my local CVS

“No one wants to work for what we’re offering. What can we do?” “Beats me. I guess the only reasonable thing to do is close the store.”

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“Labor Day” is celebrated on May 1 in most of the world, inspired by the May 4, 1886, Haymarket riot in Chicago, a labor protest that ended in bloodshed. Why, you might ask, do Americans not celebrate the May 1 holiday if its catalyst was an American incident?

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Negotiated better offer with a new offer (my first time)

So I know this might not be that big of a deal. I have been following anti work for a while now and as someone who just started with their career this is my first time doing something like this. I joined my current company back in April and have been on probation which is supposed to end as the month of September ends. My performance has been through the roof and I was even sent for a major, major enterprise deployment as the only other person apart from my team lead. But since my company still didn't finalise my stay here I started looking for other options. Early August I applied for a job at a company and they followed up for your usual interviews and everything. I aced through all of them and landed an offer that's ~20% more than what my current company was paying me. And…

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This shit is degrading