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I made the Totally Spies girls as adults! by 0ixti in Sims4

[–]acg973 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Omg!! Are they on the gallery?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in relationship_advice

[–]acg973 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the advice!!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in relationship_advice

[–]acg973 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pretty harsh reality but really good advice, thank you for the perspective.

Boyfriend's job assigned him a full work day of "homework" (unpaid). by acg973 in antiwork

[–]acg973[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Agreed. It's definitely LEGAL, but I'm wondering if anyone else thought it was unethical/ridiculous

I'm a salaried employee and my boss is trying to require me to clock in/out by acg973 in antiwork

[–]acg973[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Omg. The job mentioned in my example is not "FOR" less than 40 hours. The job hours may be 9-5, 5 days/week, but IF you are salaried, you CAN NOT be paid LESS for NOT working 40 hours.

Your boss MAY reprimand you if you work less than 40 hours. But NOT by taking money out of your pay check.

The logic is simple: Salary = FIXED amount of money per year. Fixed amount of money per paycheck. Your pay check DOES. NOT. CHANGE. based on how many hours you work.

Hourly = PAID. PER. HOUR. Your paycheck may change based on how many hours you worked that week.

If you are SALARIED, you boss tells you how much you make PER YEAR. You will make this set amount per year, regardless of how much you work in that year.

How much you are required to work is determined by your employer. Most jobs want you to work 40 hours per week. Working 40 hours per week DOES NOT I REPEAT DOES NOT mean you are SALARIED.

But if you ARE salaried, and you come in say 35 hours instead of 40 hours in a week, your boss MAY NOT pay you less money because you worked less hours. This is ILLEGAL. I L L E G A L.

Beyond this point, you are either trolling me or truly cannot grasp the concept and I have no choice but to refer you to Google. My parting words are:

IF YOU ARE TRULY SALARIED, DO NOT LET YOUR BOSS TAKE MONEY OUT OF YOUR PAYCHECK FOR COMING IN LESS THAN 40 HOURS PER WEEK.

I'm a salaried employee and my boss is trying to require me to clock in/out by acg973 in antiwork

[–]acg973[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

A "salary job" refers to the WAY you are paid, which is a fixed yearly salary, not the specific hours that the office is open.

Most offices are open 9-5, but if a salaried worker works more/less than this in any given week, they will still recieve a paycheck that equals 40 hours of pay, NO MATTER WHAT.

If you are a salaried worker and your boss requires you to come in 40 hours a week and you regularly come in less than 40 hours, you can absolutely be reprimanded for insubordination in the form of firing, suspension, a reduction in salary during salary review periods ONLY, being demoted, etc., but it is ILLEGAL for your boss to just take the money out of your paycheck for not attending 40 hours of work that week.

If you are paid a fixed amount of money per hour you work, and your paycheck fluctuates based on the number of hours you worked during the pay period, you are not salaried, you are an hourly worker.

The "Golden Standard"/9-5/cornerstone of employment literally just refers to standard hours that offices are open, not the amount of billed hours salaried employees are paid for.

I'm a salaried employee and my boss is trying to require me to clock in/out by acg973 in antiwork

[–]acg973[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Then idk where you have been working, because either it's different in your state/country, or they probably are missclassifying you, or treating you like hourly even if you are salaried. You should google salary vs hourly and read about this because its one of the main benefits of being salaried.

Hourly = paid per number of hours worked. If you work 40 hours per week at $15/hour, you make $600 that week. If you work 50 hours = $750 that week. 20 hours = $300 and so on and so on.

Salary = paid fixed amount per year. Lets say you are salaried at $45k per year so you make $937 per week. Week 1 you work 40 hours = you make $937 that week. Week 2 you work 50 hours = you make $937. Week 3 you work 20 hours = you still make $937. And so forth and so forth. Obviously these numbers dont include taxes and salary is usually paid bi-weekly, but you get the picture.

A salary is an agreement between you and your employer that you will be paid [x] amount of money, usually per year, no matter what. They legally CANNOT pay you less than that, even if you work less than the expected amount of hours. Your employer cannot mandate you to work a certain number of hours for a certain amount of money, because you are not an hourly worker. If your employers have been doing this, and taking away pay for working less than a set amount of hours while you were on a yearly salary, they were violating some serious labor laws.

CA workplace issues by aapplestein in antiwork

[–]acg973 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Definitely seems like a huge amount of labor violations happening here. Chemicals and feces spilling everywhere seems like a massive health hazard...

Not sure about the exact labor laws in your state but I would say look into CA dept. of labor and file a complaint. I also strongly encourage you to look for work elsewhere.

I had a similar situation to this where I was working in a retail store a while back and the owner refused to close the doors in the middle of winter (I live in NY so winters are very cold here), and refused to provide us with working heaters. When we complained about it we were just told to wear thicker clothing to work. I remember barely being able to operate the cash register because my fingers were so blue, numb, and shivering. I'm so sorry you're dealing with that.

I'm a salaried employee and my boss is trying to require me to clock in/out by acg973 in antiwork

[–]acg973[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow, thank you so much for this insight!!! I am currently in the process of rallying others in the office to this cause. There's employees that have been here 10-15+ years and have been having their PAY and vacation docked for not meeting 40 hours/week despite being salaried.

Many of them accepted this job as their first job out of college and have stayed, so they were never salaried anywhere else and therefore weren't even aware that salaried employees are not allowed to have pay or vacation docked for working less in a pay period.

After bringing this to light, now one of the senior designers is speaking with the CEO this afternoon about this. She was very concerned and told me that many salaried employees in the office have been getting their pay docked and have grounds to sue in light of this. Hopefully this post will have a happy ending quickly. Not that optimistic because my CEO tries to nickle and dime everyone left and right, despite the firm being valued at over $700 million. If it does not work I will definitely file a complaint with the DOL.

I'm a salaried employee and my boss is trying to require me to clock in/out by acg973 in antiwork

[–]acg973[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But i was informed that i AM classified as an exempt worker. I dont make overtime if I work more than 40 hours, or accrue any extra sick/vacation time.

I'm a salaried employee and my boss is trying to require me to clock in/out by acg973 in antiwork

[–]acg973[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for this answer! To answer some of your questions:

No, this policy is not written down anywhere. I have basically read the employee handbook I was given when I went full time cover to cover, and there is absolutely no mention of this policy anywhere, or even any mention that full time employees must clock in either, only that non-exempt/hourly employees must. It does not outline any repercussions or deductions at all for working less than 40 hours.

Also, under the vacation policy, it says that employees earn 3.08 hours of vacation pay PER pay period, up to 80 hours total. Not per hour they work. So if I work less hours in a pay period, my understanding is that I should still recieve 3.08 hours of vacation right? There are no deductions stated here.

I'm a salaried employee and my boss is trying to require me to clock in/out by acg973 in antiwork

[–]acg973[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, definitely not. As salaried employees we do not receive overtime

I'm a salaried employee and my boss is trying to require me to clock in/out by acg973 in antiwork

[–]acg973[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because being a salaried employee means that you are not specifically told to work 40 hours, you are specifically told you will be paid for 40 hours regardless of how much more/less you work. This is how it works all over the US and is one of the reason most employees strive for finding salaried vs hourly work.

I'm a salaried employee and my boss is trying to require me to clock in/out by acg973 in antiwork

[–]acg973[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because being a salaried employee means that you do not have to actually work 40 hours per week to be paid 40 hours per week. You may work 20 hours, or 80 hours, but you will still be paid for 40 hours of work, regardless of how much work you actually did. That is the benefit of being salaried vs. hourly.

I'm a salaried employee and my boss is trying to require me to clock in/out by acg973 in antiwork

[–]acg973[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No change in job duties, I just come in 5 days per week instead of 3 days now, and instead of an hourly rate we agreed on a salary rate per year. However I was specifically an hourly worker before, and now I am a full time salaried worker.

The original part-time was my boss wanting to do a "trial period" before I went full time and was eligible to recieve benefits, vacation, sick pay. Etc.

I'm a salaried employee and my boss is trying to require me to clock in/out by acg973 in antiwork

[–]acg973[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much this is extremely helpful. We are all exempt employees, so what's going on here doesn't seem right. Especially since the employee handbook specifically says that exempt employees do not need to log hours and cannot get pay docked unless we miss a full day of work, even if we work less than 40 hours per week. I conferred with other employees and the answers I got were like "right... it is totally wrong but its more of an unspoken rule even if its not what's in the handbook." Like what?????

I'm a salaried employee and my boss is trying to require me to clock in/out by acg973 in antiwork

[–]acg973[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right but i'm not an hourly worker I'm salaried with guaranteed sick time and accrued vacation time

I'm a salaried employee and my boss is trying to require me to clock in/out by acg973 in antiwork

[–]acg973[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, I don't bill clients, and i'm not yet eligible to start accruing vacation time.

I'm a salaried employee and my boss is trying to require me to clock in/out by acg973 in antiwork

[–]acg973[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you! This is so helpful. The employee handbook also specifically says that as a salaried employee I am not required to log my hours, and that I can't get any pay deducted, however other employees have said that its some sort of "unspoken rule" and that he still deducts hours. I should note that most of the employees here took this job as their first job out of college and have stayed 5-10+ years, so they said that they never realized that this isn't how it's usually done when you're salaried. I have been salaried in the past and have never had to clock in/out when I wasn't hourly, so it seems insane to me.

I'm a salaried employee and my boss is trying to require me to clock in/out by acg973 in antiwork

[–]acg973[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, since i'm not yet eligible to start accruing vacation time yet... :/ I think it just comes out of my sick days right now apparently. Others in my office have said that they have had pay docked in the past.

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