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    My husband and I need help with a problem regarding work.

    A month ago he had to work an event on a Saturday from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. According to the Senior Manager over everyone at work, everyone on the work schedule that day had to come to work regardless of what the weather was like. Early that morning there were severe thunderstorms. Parts of where we live flooded as well as where we work at. My husband checked social media early in the morning after he got up to see if the event had been cancelled due to the weather, but he could not find anything. So he went to work. A friend of his took him to work.

    Turns out 15 minutes or so after everyone on the schedule clocked in for work, the group that was sponsoring the event cancelled the event due to the bad weather. The supervisor on duty told everyone to stay clocked in. He would speak to the manager in charge of special events where we work at regarding getting paid for 4 hours even though the event was cancelled.

    So he called that particular manager as well as my husband. Both of them were told that everyone would get paid the 4 hours.

    The problem is this...

    No-one was paid the 4 hours.

    The Senior Manager over everyone at work decided not to pay everyone despite the fact that the manager in charge of special events where we work told the supervisor on duty as well as my husband that everyone would get paid for 4 hours.

    Both the supervisor on duty as well as my husband spoke to the manager in charge of special events about their not getting paid. They were told to speak to their individual managers. Both of them report to the same manager.

    So far no-one has been paid the 4 hours.

    What should we do about this problem?

  • #2
    Quoth snugglegirl05 View Post
    What should we do about this problem?
    The vengeful part of me says go to the media.

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    • #3
      I'd be speaking to a solicitor who specialises in employment law.
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      • #4
        The problem with being a wage slave. You have no leverage.

        You can take your complaint higher up the corporate ladder, but you run the risk of retaliation. Yes, that is illegal. However, you probably can't afford a lawyer. Even if you win, it won't cover the cost of the lawyer.

        My favorite in this situation, contact a Union Rep and ask for a meeting. Tell them that you are thinking of unionizing. When Corp ask why, tell them "Management made promises that they reneged on."
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        • #5
          Retaliation or not, I'd be going to the labor board. You showed up for work as directed, you get paid for that time. Period. The end.
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          • #6
            I would speak to someone at the Bureau of Labor Standards or whatever it's called in your state. You can probably find the answer online, and it may vary from state to state. In my state, if one shows up for one's shift, and is sent home against one's wishes because there is no work to do, you have to be paid for a portion of your shift. I had a colleague who knew on sunny days, she'd get a phone call cancelling her hours. She intentionally use to leave her home a couple hours before work and run errands and such because the second she crossed the threshold of the store she was guaranteed two hours pay, (or maybe it was four?)

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            • #7
              Quoth Irving Patrick Freleigh View Post
              Retaliation or not, I'd be going to the labor board. You showed up for work as directed, you get paid for that time. Period. The end.
              Quoth workerbee222 View Post
              I would speak to someone at the Bureau of Labor Standards or whatever it's called in your state.
              I agree with these...

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              • #8
                Labor Board, absolutely. Make them aware that others are having this issue.

                They HAVE to pay you guys for the time you were actually present, but, as for scheduled time that was not actually worked...? That's above my pay grade. Speak to the professionals. No idea if the manager's *intent* to get everyone paid for 4 hours makes a difference or not, unless he's the one in control of the payroll account.
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                • #9
                  Quoth csquared View Post
                  My favorite in this situation, contact a Union Rep and ask for a meeting. Tell them that you are thinking of unionizing. When Corp ask why, tell them "Management made promises that they reneged on."
                  that can also get you fired in an "at will" state, 6* of my partners former coworkers can tell you that.

                  It's only illegal if you can *prove* it was, which requires some sort of admission on record(tape/email)

                  *two others they couldn't *prove* met with union reps were given the worst posts(think 12 hours, overnight, in a guardhouse smaller than a tollbooth) and hours for over a year.
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                  • #10
                    Quoth BlaqueKatt View Post
                    that can also get you fired in an "at will" state, 6* of my partners former coworkers can tell you that.
                    Same where I work. In the past several people have seriously discussed getting a union in to get us some decent treatment. Each one was mysteriously "let-go" not soon afterwards.

                    Yeah we got the hint you cheap, ungrateful #@%&#$...

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                    • #11
                      A call to the Labor Board is worth it. I think that in CA there is a law that you have to be paid some hours if you showed up. Other states who knows. There could also be a company policy that offers pay. Other than that, you could ask nicely again but you might be screwed. Make sure you get paid for the half hour or so you were there for work.

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                      • #12
                        In CA I think it's 2 hours you have to be paid for.
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