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Re:An Epidemic of Wage Theft Is Costing Workers Hundreds of ... by jseliger on Saturday September 04, 2021 @04:40PM (#28418933)
Emergency medicine doctors appear to routinely suffer from this: most are expected to stay after their 12-hour shifts (some EDs have 8, 9, or 10 hour shifts, but 12 is common) to finish charting and take care of other tasks, but hospitals never pay for this time. I've asked EM docs about taking this to state labor boards and the like, but most seem not to think that wage theft is a problem, or fear retaliation too much to do so.
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Re:An Epidemic of Wage Theft Is Costing Workers Hundreds of ... by ceejayoz on Saturday September 04, 2021 @04:42PM (#28418947)
Docs are typically salaried, aren’t they?
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Re:An Epidemic of Wage Theft Is Costing Workers Hundreds of ... by jseliger on Saturday September 04, 2021 @06:59PM (#28420147)
An excellent point: some are, but many aren't, particularly in fields like emergency medicine (EM) and anesthesia. 1099 work is common as is hourly w-2 work.
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Re:An Epidemic of Wage Theft Is Costing Workers Hundreds of ... by astura on Saturday September 04, 2021 @05:29PM (#28419418)
Are you sure these doctors are paid hourly?

Because if they are salaried they are exempt from the FLSA and not entitled to overtime. (Mind you, that doesn't actually prevent hospitals from paying overtime, they just aren't required to.)

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Re:An Epidemic of Wage Theft Is Costing Workers Hundreds of ... by tedunangst on Saturday September 04, 2021 @04:52PM (#28419080)
I imagine there's an equilibrium, where they can be paid $25 per hour for eight hours and do ten hours of work, or follow strict time keeping and get paid $20 per hour for ten hours. Both parties to the agreement seem to have an understanding that there's a certain amount of work to do and a certain amount of compensation provided.
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Re:An Epidemic of Wage Theft Is Costing Workers Hundreds of ... by dataflow on Saturday September 04, 2021 @05:38PM (#28419522)
Flight attendants might be another example.
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Re:An Epidemic of Wage Theft Is Costing Workers Hundreds of ... by sokoloff on Saturday September 04, 2021 @07:07PM (#28420199)
Some of the airline contracts are really odd. IIRC: Some roles are paid only when the door is closed. Some flying roles are paid one rate while the airplane is chocked and another rate when it’s unchocked. Pilots are paid a minimum number of hours per month; some are paid to sit in ready reserve and others have to sit on reserve as assigned as part of the agreement to get the monthly guarantee.

It’s messy for sure.

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Re:An Epidemic of Wage Theft Is Costing Workers Hundreds of ... by bserge on Saturday September 04, 2021 @05:36PM (#28419497)
I usually shit on them all, but maybe I shouldn't. It was the legal system that forced powers onto them, after all.
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