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Is it legal for my employer to force us interns to be on call without extra compensation?

We are located in New Hampshire, living on site for free, and paid a flat rate of $500/wk. Once to twice a week we have to be on call, and cannot leave the site. We are not paid extra for this, and are expected to be around in case of an emergency. Does this qualify as a freedom restriction and should we demand compensation?

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Disney Worker Breaks Arms From Faulty Equipment. Disney Slashes 10 Grand in Lawsuit.

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Should a RN (registered nurse) discard whole systems for a bad experience with a manager / salaried recruiter?

I remember 2 situations: the first one was when I still wasn't a RN (registered nurse) and worked in a care home. On my fifth day I had a night shift with 2 other coworkers, an old woman and a younger one. The old woman was very loud and spent the most part of 2 hours talking, loudly, to the younger woman, who meekly answered her questions. I found that outright disrespectful (it was nighttime) and after asking them to tone it down, they ignored me. After my shift I notified the manager, who called me in for a talk and outright fired me (apparently that woman was his favorite?). It sting at the time, but now I think I'm better off not working in a place where nurses yell when management is not around and clients sleep (or try to sleep). Now I wonder if I'm blacklisted in that…

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State reports record lows in unemployment figures — Republican Commissioner’s statements “…try to get more people in the workforce.”

Labor Commissioner Mark Butler, a Republican not seeking reelection, said his agency is trying to get more people to enter the labor market to relieve a scarcity of workers. https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/unemployment-rate-georgia-hits-new-all-time-low-3-may/GLGKQLVBWBD7JKAA6VUBFHIAC4/ The jobless rate ticked down from 3.1%, the previous all-time low, which was set in March and equaled in April. A year ago, 4.1% of Georgia workers were unemployed. More than 5.1 million people said they were working in May, while 157,000 Georgians were unemployed and seeking work. Should the focus not be to getting most of, if not all of 157k back to work? Why not use all of your resources and funding to focus on the applicants who are out of work and actively seeking employment. Both the people who file and don’t file. I know some detractor from that aisle will say that’s impossible and unlikely. Yet, how in the holy hell can anyone expect or defend…

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My franchise owner is yet again threatening to move our pay rate to minimum wage as a punishment. Could he legally do this, if he gives notice over the group chat? I hate working at this place.

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unmotivational speech

I know some of us wake up to get ready for work and feel like clowns working for a multibillion dollar company for next to unlivable wages but I have news. Clowns make $30/h on average. We aren't clowns. We are peasants.

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Can you review this resignation letter?

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Australian farmer magnate says paying the new minimum wage of $40 more a week is unaffordable and will have to be passed on to consumers.

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Has anyone else taken a pay cut recently to escape their toxic place of employment? Was it worth it?

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fun fact: Einstein was a Socialist.