[kyriatraveler]

Hey!
I have a friend who lives in Florida Fort Lauderdale and wanted to give him hope and to get some resources for him. He works at a Japanese Sushi restaurant. Is this a cultural thing? He's experiencing a lot of abuses at work in the restaurant he works in. His boss who is a male would assault and sometimes "hit" with a light tap on his head as well as make gestures that would threaten to hit him as well as say things like "you better be careful not to **** me off" like an abuse for no reason according to him. He informed me that he's not really experienced in the industry at the same time he relies on this job to make it by until he finds another job.

I'm really sad for him because he's going through a lot. He attends counseling now because he was involved in some religious political stuff and they wrote a lot of things in the Internet about him when he decided to switch sides and they are things that according to him aren't true. he has lost support from his family, communities and religion because of his liberal views.

According to him, he's at the mercy of his supervisors at work and he has to do hazing things like they would at a fraternity of cleaning the floor like three times a day, scrubbing the walls and other mindless tasks just to put him in his place and he gets paid $3/Hr when he's assigned to serve tables. He would always happen to be involved with people who try to get him to do things for them and if he doesn't, they always try and break off his relationships with the restaurant by making his coworkers dislike him. "If they can't control you, they control how others perceive you."

I told him to leave the work and start a different job. He said that he couldn't because of the online things posted against him as well as this is the only job he has. I wanted to tell him that if they are treating you that way, that his boss and supervisors don't like him and will fire him anyway if they find his replacement. But I didn't want to say this because I don't think he can handle it.

How would you advice him? Looks like he's falling into the low end and would like him to get hope and support he needs.

[LKJ1988]

Time to sue.

[Spring Hillian]

Originally Posted by LKJ1988

Time to sue.

For what?

[LKJ1988]

Originally Posted by Spring Hillian

For what?

There are laws for the work force.

[Spring Hillian]

First off, he probably needs a new occupation. Let them fire him so he can apply for unemployment benefits.

The minimum wage for tipped employees is $5.03 an hour. That means that, as long as a server earns at least $3.02 per hour in tips, the employer can pay $5.03 per hour. However, if tips drop below that rate by the end of the shift, the employer must make up the difference. For example, say that a server earns an average of $2.02 in tips per hour during a shift. To compensate the employuee the employer must pay $6.03 per hour for that shift. Anything besides that is against wage and hour laws. Contact the Department of Labor.

Assault is a criminal offense. Contact the local law enforcement agency. Under Florida Statute 784.011, the crime of Assault is committed when a person 1. Makes an intentional and unlawful threat - by word or act - to commit violence against another person 2. With the apparent ability to carry through with the threat at the time it was made and the threat created a genuine fear in the intended victim that the violence was imminent. Under Florida Statute 784.03, the crime of misdemeanor battery is committed when a person either intentionally touches or strikes another person against their will or intentionally causes bodily harm to another person. A battery can occur from something minor such as grabbing another person's arm or by throwing something that strikes another person. When it comes to touching or striking a person there is no requirement that the person be injured as the non-consensual contact is sufficient to have battery occur.

Having liberal views is fine, but having people argue against your views is part of democracy. Libel, slander and defamation of character on the other hand are another thing. In Florida, "defamation" is a false statement of fact communicated to a third party which is meant to hurt the plaintiff’s reputation or economic well being. In FL the legally accepted elements of defamation are publication, falsity, actor must act negligently on a matter concerning a private person, the statements must be defamatory. Where the statement was said or written can be in a wide variety of places. Statements made in most forms of communication including blogs, websites, forums, e-mails are considered to be portals used to defame another. Defamation that is written is called libel. On the internet a statement that “defames” or harms someone’s reputation can be considered to be defamation. A lawyer should be consulted as there are many laws both federal and state involved and there are certain steps that must be taken to file a civil suit for libel.


Good luck to your friend.

((the above information is not legal advice and I am not an attorney))

Originally Posted by kyriatraveler

Hey!
I have a friend who lives in Florida Fort Lauderdale and wanted to give him hope and to get some resources for him. He works at a Japanese Sushi restaurant. Is this a cultural thing? He's experiencing a lot of abuses at work in the restaurant he works in. His boss who is a male would assault and sometimes "hit" with a light tap on his head as well as make gestures that would threaten to hit him as well as say things like "you better be careful not to **** me off" like an abuse for no reason according to him. He informed me that he's not really experienced in the industry at the same time he relies on this job to make it by until he finds another job.

I'm really sad for him because he's going through a lot. He attends counseling now because he was involved in some religious political stuff and they wrote a lot of things in the Internet about him when he decided to switch sides and they are things that according to him aren't true. he has lost support from his family, communities and religion because of his liberal views.

According to him, he's at the mercy of his supervisors at work and he has to do hazing things like they would at a fraternity of cleaning the floor like three times a day, scrubbing the walls and other mindless tasks just to put him in his place and he gets paid $3/Hr when he's assigned to serve tables. He would always happen to be involved with people who try to get him to do things for them and if he doesn't, they always try and break off his relationships with the restaurant by making his coworkers dislike him. "If they can't control you, they control how others perceive you."
I told him to leave the work and start a different job. He said that he couldn't because of the online things posted against him as well as this is the only job he has. I wanted to tell him that if they are treating you that way, that his boss and supervisors don't like him and will fire him anyway if they find his replacement. But I didn't want to say this because I don't think he can handle it.

How would you advice him? Looks like he's falling into the low end and would like him to get hope and support he needs.

[Spring Hillian]

Originally Posted by LKJ1988

There are laws for the work force.

More or less, yes. Minimum wage laws are a question here as are criminal acts of assault, battery, defamation but those are criminal charges. It all has to be proven before any lawsuits get filed.

[LKJ1988]

A boss can't be putting his or her hands on the workers under them for starters.

[Spring Hillian]

Originally Posted by LKJ1988

A boss can't be putting his or her hands on the workers under them for starters.

Hands = battery

[BNBR]

The sushi guy is mean to my friend at work.... and people write things on the internet....

Oh my. This is hopeless. GO GET ANOTHER JOB. He's scrubbing pee off a restaurant floor, he can be working tomorrow somewhere else doing the same thing. If he says "I can't" - then move on, it's hopeless.

[smarino]

Anyone who has worked in a restaurant kitchen understands that some crazy stuff happens in there! Usually lots of stressful hollering when things get busy and mistakes get made, and there's often a Nazi chef. I myself had to take a big chef's knife and keep it my my dishwasher just to send a message! Kitchens are usually chaos, and not the happy "cooking with love" scene that some people think they are. Actually, if most people knew what went on in most kitchens, they would eat at home! This little episode below is not far from the truth.

http://putlocker.is/watch-fawlty-tow...putlocker.html