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On Fri, 5 Apr 2013 21:51:39 -0700, "Bill Graham"
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On Fri, 5 Apr 2013 14:55:13 -0700, "Bill Graham"
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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.

Of course. The issue then becomes "who".

The generally accepted term is "layoff", but why are you stating the
obvious?

My point is simple. Unless you can prove that you were layed off for
reasons unrelated to your job performance and or money restrictions,
you can probably do nothing about it.

There is no reason you *should* be able to "do" anything about it.
What are you proposing to "do" about it?

I'm not propowint to do anything about it. Someone else was worried that his
wife's or girlfriends boss would let her go for some non job related reason
and was asking what he or she could do about it. I havfe been retired for 16
years now and don't have those kinds of problems anymore... but, in the
past, I have had similar problems with idiotic bosses..... I usually found
that the best thing to do was leave and find another job. Even if one were
to bring their case to court and win, then they are going to have to work
under a ****ed off boss for the reat of time. IOW, there is no good solution
to the problem. In the old days, things were a lot worse than they are now.
I let it slip to a prospective employer once who I had worked for before,
and he contacted that person, who (of course) told him not to hire me. You
live and learn....:^)