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GummyBearz

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15. I agree

Mon Feb 16, 2015, 09:13 AM

Feb 2015

Its a pretty screwed up thing, I don't know if anyone has complained or not but this is a huge company and its had this policy for well over a decade.

It seems that by having employees sign off on their hours like that, it basically shields the company from wage theft accusations. All they would have to do is say "Look at the time card, the employee logged 40 hours. That's why we paid him for 40 hours of work".

On one hand it is expected of salaried employees to work more than just 40 hours, but the whole "exempt" thing seems like its just a way for companies to play both sides of the fence. They classify us as "salaried" in certain situations, "exempt" in others, "hourly exempt" in others, or a few other terms I have seen in paper work, based on what suits them best in a given situation.

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Coming soon: A change in who gets overtime pay [View all] mfcorey1 Feb 2015 OP

with this republican congress barbtries Feb 2015 #1

This is an excellent move.... "salaried, exempt" status is badly abused groundloop Feb 2015 #2

As an "exempt" employee myself, GummyBearz Feb 2015 #3

It would work if you are reclassified as non-exempt Major Nikon Feb 2015 #9

That sounds like plain wage theft bread_and_roses Feb 2015 #11

I agree GummyBearz Feb 2015 #15

It really doesn't shield the company. jeff47 Feb 2015 #17

How is there a time card involved if you are on Salary? Bandit Feb 2015 #20

Lots of companies try to track what you worked on via a timecard jeff47 Feb 2015 #24

I still don't get it Bandit Feb 2015 #25

they dont get to make up their own rules... elehhhhna Feb 2015 #27

I'm exempt salary, I get paid overtime tammywammy Feb 2015 #28

In my previous job, I had to fill out a time card jeff47 Feb 2015 #31

I think it may be possible to make an anonymous complaint. closeupready Feb 2015 #30

They'll have to learn to make it work or go out of business Gormy Cuss Feb 2015 #14

They can adjust. tammywammy Feb 2015 #18

Yes GummyBearz Feb 2015 #19

So your complict to Wage Theft FreakinDJ Feb 2015 #29

Former IT admin here LittleGirl Feb 2015 #4

I pretty much do a lot of the same work now. I lucked up though. My company ... BlueJazz Feb 2015 #8

I doubt IT will be affected daredtowork Feb 2015 #21

Number should be indexed One_Life_To_Give Feb 2015 #5

The bushes overhauled the overtime rules fasttense Feb 2015 #6

Also time to increase minimums for restaurant wait staff. Hoppy Feb 2015 #7

YES! Is there a way the admin can do this without congress? rurallib Feb 2015 #10

IN YOUR FACE, FAMILY DOLLAR AND DOLLAR GENERAL! Ykcutnek Feb 2015 #12

Impeach, because wage theft is legal... well, isn't it? mountain grammy Feb 2015 #13

It would be interesting to see how LWolf Feb 2015 #16

Not to mention part-time Adjuncts daredtowork Feb 2015 #22

Yes. LWolf Feb 2015 #23

Does that include Phlem Feb 2015 #26