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On Fri, 5 Apr 2013 14:11:53 -0700, "Bill Graham"
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On Thu, 4 Apr 2013 22:46:40 -0700, "Bill Graham"
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Ned Flanders wrote:
Metspitzer wrote:
http://www.ehow.com/list_6734806_geo...ours-work.html

My niece just started working for a company yesterday. She is
working in a convenient store that also sells gas. She has
almost no job experience. She says her boss does not pay time
and a half for over 40 hours.

I am assuming that if she says anything, the boss will just quit
telling her to come in. What is the best way to address this
problem?

It seems her hands maybe tied if she wants to stick it out for a
while.
My wife went in to a business for a shift on a trial bases. After
the one 9 hour shift (she was asked to stay extra) my wife decided
she could not work there because of the owners constantly barking
dog and crying baby (and this was in a shop in a mall?)...

Two weeks later she had not been paid so she emailed the woman
asking for her 8 hours pay and one hour OT. The woman told her
she does not pay OT.

My wife emailed her back with a copy of the labour laws... a week
later she received a cheque in the mail for the correct amount.

Sometimes owners or managers need a reminder of the labour laws.

Almost anyone at almost any time can be fired for almost anything.
There is no way to get inside your boss's mind and know why he
wants to keep some people and fire others, and he can come up with
a number of reasons to get rid of most anyone. (if he has half a
brain) So, there is little one can do unless one has some written
proof or recorded proof that ones boss has it in for them for some
reason other than job performance. This is true of even top
executives. As a matter of fact, it is more true of top executives
than it is of underlings....

IN CANADA, a boss needs to write you up 3 times, giving you the
written notice, before he can fire you "with cause" Firing "without
cause" costs him money. He has to pay severence - and you get to
collect employment insurance if you have worked enough hours to
qualify.

Don't know how it is in the USA.

I don't know either, but suppose the company is going out of
business, and the, "boss" can't pay you another dime because he, and
his company are dirt broke? What then, pussycat? Do you get to pluck
some bucks from that money tree in Washington DC?

Ever hear of "bankruptcy" and "stand in line"?

Of course. but conversely, have you ever heard of letting somebody go
because you can't afford to keep them? There are many reasons for letting
employees go. It is not always a matter of choice.