Questions tagged [hourly]
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If hourly worker refuses to finish task off the clock, can boss reduce hours? [closed]
Hourly employee didn't finish work during shift, employer asks you to do it off clock, you refuse, can they retaliate by not giving more paid opportunities?
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If you're hourly employee don't finish job during shift, do you have to finish it off the clock? (United States) [duplicate]
If you're hourly employee don't finish job during shift, do you have to finish it off the clock? How to reply no I won't do it.
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What does "salaried" vs. "hourly" mean in a European (?) context?
I am confused about the meaning of "salaried" vs. "hourly" payment, when it comes to matching it up with work life as I know it.
I think I know the abstract definition; to ...
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Found out I don't make overtime pay - would it be taboo to charge for hours over 40 without permission? [closed]
I'm three months in as a tech lead for a relatively small (~100 people) but successful and grounded consulting company in a major U.S. city. Due to poor requirements gathering coupled with ...
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On an hourly basis, do supervisors typically make more than staff? [closed]
I work in the United States in the medical laboratory field and staff is paid hourly, while supervisors are paid salary. However, the salary difference is minimal, and supervisors routinely work more ...
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Overtime vs Pay Cut (California) (40-45 hours)
I was under the impression that M-F 9am-5pm was 40 hours of work but my boss is now changing it to 8am-5pm which is 45 hours but at the same weekly rate.
What does California workplace laws say about ...
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Can an employer make you be on call when you weren't hired to be?
Asking for my wife who works for a fast food restaurant in Virginia.
She was told by a supervisor that she needed to be on-call (reachable by phone and close by) in case they needed her, whenever she ...
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Is it reasonable to be paid hourly for a normally salaried position?
A company I'm prospecting has many employees who work more than 40 hours per week (from what I've surveyed, the average is 45-55), and very regularly. However, the position that I would be filling is ...
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Is my employer in California obligated to pay me while I travel between jobsites
I'm an hourly worker at a landscaping company in Los Angeles and travel to a different job site or multiple job sites in a day. The morning and afternoon commute range from 15 minutes to 1.5 hours.
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How to handle hourly employee taking unauthorized overtime?
I have a hourly employee in Texas who has taken to milking the time clock: the employee will stay a few minutes late to complete a document that came in towards the end of their workday, or they were ...
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Do contract agencies have to approve an employee wage through the client company?
I got a W2 offer via contracting agency to work as a contractor for a Fortune 100 company. When the hourly amount was first presented, is was before my interview and hastily thrown at me. I hadn’t ...
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How to tactfully negotiate a raise during my first review
Background:
Just came up on my second year with my company (<50 employees)
First review since I started
Started "part-time" as a flexible employee from 9-2pm 3 days a week
Bounced between full-...
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PTO (Hourly employee) and starting a new job
On January 7th, 2019, I am starting a new job. However, before this happened, I had already booked time off from December 21st, 2018 until January 4th, 2019. The company I work for does not have a ...
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How does changing an employee from salary to hourly benefit an employer?
I am what the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) considers a "learned professional" and I meet all 3 of the requirements for being exempt (annual salary).
For those who don't know, the FLSA sets the ...
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Employer is misrepresenting the actual dates worked, but not the total hours - is anything untoward going on?
I hold an hourly position where I work 40 hours per week across three days (2x 14 hour days and 1x 12 hour day). If I work overtime (over 40hr per week) I do get overtime pay, but my state does not ...
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