Re:Casualties of the Cashless Society: Those Who Get Seasona...
by dvtv75 on Monday December 18, 2017 @06:01PM
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Not in the US, but these have happened to me in my last three jobs (mostly in Dunedin, New Zealand):
* steal from their employees by not paying them when they quit
* intimidating employees into not reporting wages under the minimum
* refusing to pay legally mandated overtime
* refusing to allow legally required breaks
I'm owed between $20,000 and $40,000 by two (New Zealand) employers in particular, who refused to pay for or record my extra hours worked, and one of them threatened me with physical harm if I went to the government watchdog.
One of them was a small business, the other a multimillionaire. It was the latter who paid less than the minimum every day I worked, and demanded I work as many free hours as he could force me to. It's not just physical harm with him, because he also promised to destroy my reputation around town if I so much as stepped out of line.
Yeah, I'm a sucker for not resigning on the spot. I know.
* steal from their employees by not paying them when they quit * intimidating employees into not reporting wages under the minimum * refusing to pay legally mandated overtime * refusing to allow legally required breaks
I'm owed between $20,000 and $40,000 by two (New Zealand) employers in particular, who refused to pay for or record my extra hours worked, and one of them threatened me with physical harm if I went to the government watchdog.
One of them was a small business, the other a multimillionaire. It was the latter who paid less than the minimum every day I worked, and demanded I work as many free hours as he could force me to. It's not just physical harm with him, because he also promised to destroy my reputation around town if I so much as stepped out of line.
Yeah, I'm a sucker for not resigning on the spot. I know.