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Re:New Weapon in Day Laborers’ Fight Against Wage Theft: A S... by pc86 on Thursday March 03, 2016 @08:37AM (#11216707)
It's one of those things that sounds ridiculous when phrased one way but totally legitimate when phrased another for the same objective facts.

Ridiculous but true: "I'm locked in at work after I clock out and need to wait to be let out the front door."

Legitimate but true: "The front doors are locked after closing and the manager is finishing a task before unlocking it for me to go home."

Presumably there are still fire exits in the building so it's not necessarily a safety issue (or would be more of a safety issue if the front door was left unlocked while the employees clean up).

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Re:New Weapon in Day Laborers’ Fight Against Wage Theft: A S... by gknoy on Thursday March 03, 2016 @12:25PM (#11218321)
The problem stems not from being locked in the building, but in not being paid (usually overtime) for that time where your actions are dictated by your employer.

The employees likely wouldn't mind staying 3 hours after work while the manager does Whatever if they were getting paid overtime.

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