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Interesting. I just don't get how these restaurants think that they can get away with this. I mean, it's pretty cut and dried. Someone works over 40 hours, they're getting overtime.
I wonder if this was a 'management' situation.. Where they tried to claim someone was exempt.
I thought restaurant workers all made $2- or so an hour and made basically all their income on tips? And if that's so how does the 1.5x overtime even work?
I thought restaurant workers all made $2- or so an hour and made basically all their income on tips? And if that's so how does the 1.5x overtime even work?
If they work over 40 hours, they get $2.13 + 1.07 per hour for every hour over 40.
And the restaurant "has" to track their tips to verify that they make at least.. $10.88/hr when taking tips and base pay into equation.
Now. Honestly.. Few restaurants actually track that properly.. But, they should.
But it's hard to imagine how they ran up a half a milllion dollars worth of paying people $2/hour instead of $3/hour.
You take into consideration that it was for 215 people; it comes out to 2637 per person. Depending on how long the people were working there it would work out easily.
But it's hard to imagine how they ran up a half a milllion dollars worth of paying people $2/hour instead of $3/hour.
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Originally Posted by hawk55732
You take into consideration that it was for 215 people; it comes out to 2637 per person. Depending on how long the people were working there it would work out easily.
I tend to agree with both of you here.. But.. My gut tells me this is a situation where they said "You're a manager, you're exempt" and.. That person wasn't exempt.
It's not uncommon at all, at least USED to not be, that a restaurant manager would work 60-80 hours a week.
And, saying that they are exempt is.. Pretty common as well. when I worked Domino's back in college in the 90's.. That's what they did to managers there. Paid them a crappy salary, and they were supposed to put in 60-80 hours, which made their pay about $5/hour.
Interesting. I just don't get how these restaurants think that they can get away with this. I mean, it's pretty cut and dried. Someone works over 40 hours, they're getting overtime.
I wonder if this was a 'management' situation.. Where they tried to claim someone was exempt.
Happens all the time. When I worked at Hobby Town the owner had to pay one of his employees back OT because he just never did it. I remember the owner was raising hell claiming that it was BS and he "doesn't pay over time" as if it was his right to not pay it. He owed the guy like 15k. The worker ( who was a little slow) didn't know any better and another employee who had quit on bad terms had dropped a dime on the company.
Happens all the time. When I worked at Hobby Town the owner had to pay one of his employees back OT because he just never did it. I remember the owner was raising hell claiming that it was BS and he "doesn't pay over time" as if it was his right to not pay it. He owed the guy like 15k. The worker ( who was a little slow) didn't know any better and another employee who had quit on bad terms had dropped a dime on the company.
Good for that employee. And ex-employee.
Look.. I don't think every situation is "Bad ownership" and the employee is always the one getting screwed over. But.. You work people, you pay them.
The number one rule in just about any business. You NEVER miss payroll. Rule #2 is.. You don't screw with peoples pay.
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