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I've worked at a grocery store owned by a local family for a couple years now.
The owner/manager, is quite the battle-ax but that is besides the point. Something is bothering me about the place. I don't know if it is legal or not, but here it goes.
Part of the "rules" in the store, is that if a cashier, responsible for a customer signing a WIC voucher, makes a mistake on it (and everyone does at some point), or the customer makes the mistake of not signing it. The rule is that the cashier pays for the WIC out of his/her own pocket. Don't they have to go to the DES for that?
I've had to do it a couple times. I have a little clipboard in the office of due payments of WIC that customers of have made on my watch, or flubs I've made (the last one was last Spring) that I still need to pay. If it's legal I won't complain. I'm trying to find other work.
According to federal law, yes, as long as your hourly wage does not drop below minimum wage. Many states have additional laws though. Check with your state dept of labor.
Your state should have a system set up to deal with unsigned vouchers. It involves phone calls and paperwork to your WIC vendor, which your boss doesn't want to mess with. In my opinion, s/he can't make you pay for a mistake in which the store will not lose money but, if you want to push it, he can fire you for simply making WIC mistakes if he wants to. Call the WIC vendor for your state and see how they deal with whatever voucher mistakes you are making. Also call your state's wage and hour office.
I may have to look. Maybe if it's unfounded it just never sat right with me.
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