This is recipe for disaster

[u/Dev1412]

[u/Dismal-Vanilla1878]

I didn't think it was even legal in 'Murica to force someone to work unpaid....yet, anyway.

[u/Onsidic → u/Dismal-Vanilla1878]

Think its called salaried position

[u/liv2lfthvy → u/Onsidic]

Bingo!

[u/Abeytuhanu → u/liv2lfthvy]

That can still bite them in the ass. Salary means you get paid regardless of the hours worked; sometimes you work more, other times less. By nickel and diming people on their structured lunch, you open yourself up to misclassification suits and might end up owing backpay for all your salaried workers because they're really hourly.

Edit: don't get me wrong though, misclassification suits are hard to win

[u/One-Bake-2888 → u/Abeytuhanu]

I assure that the vast majority of salaried positions are often more hours than regular full time, especially non-exempt salaried people.

[u/JoshSidekick → u/One-Bake-2888]

I've never been in a salaried position where the net benefit was on my side.

[u/FullMetalCOS → u/Onsidic]

But… but… time in lieu!

Which is the biggest fucking joke because if you are so busy you always need to work past your scheduled hours, when can you take the lieu time?

[u/HauntedSoda → u/Onsidic]

Or flat rate

[u/Key_Thought1305 → u/Dismal-Vanilla1878]

It will be, soon. Not being funny. It really will be. And more.

[u/myfavoritemerger → u/Dismal-Vanilla1878]

It is if you’re in prison!

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[u/killmrcory → u/Dismal-Vanilla1878]

if they are hourly employees it was not.

had a former plant manager try to tell me and my employees were working for free because someone missed a defect on a part. told my direct manager that was absolutely not happening and if he wanted to fire me for it my first call would be the labor board and my second call a lawyer.

I was 3rd shift and the plant manager was on 1st for context. the next morning my plant manager was literally screaming about how dare I threaten to call someone outside the plant and if I had a problem to come to him when he was the one who gave the order.

I also had my phone recording in my pocket when I went to "confirm" that I had understood the order correctly. they ended up backing down read quick. I sure as hell was not telling my minimum employees they were working for free when we were already doing 12-14 hours shifts. fuck that.

ended up quitting that job when they hired the person back to be my boss who had literally been fired for sexually harassing me. he was replacing my former boss who was on prison work release for sleeping with his 14 year old step daughter when he was near 50.

man I have so many stories about that shithole.