eternal1krazy
Junior Member
What is the name of your state: Colorado
Okay so, I began working part time as a Janitor, which very quickly became full time janitorial/maintenance/landscaping/bar-backing. Well, the extra hours were nice up until this morning's incident.
I had heard from an ex-boss there, that the company wasn't fond of overtime at all, so when I realized I would be at 38 hours today, and still had 2 days left in the workweek to work, I brought this up to my supervisor. "Hey, I might need to watch my hours, as i'm just about at 40 and I know you guys don't like overtime." Was my initial statement. My supervisor responded with, "Oh, we don't pay overtime, so it's not really worth working."
At which point I closed my mouth, and walked away, having dealt with the same thing with a past employer.
She quickly realized I would have quite the workload for the next couple of days, and returned to me a little while later with, "Well how many hours did you work last week? Because I know we count them up into 2 weeks, as long as you don't go over 80 hours." Again, I bit my toungue, and said "We'll see" (not sarcastically at all, meant it as i'll look at my hours.)
Now I know this is highly illegal, as I am not an exempt employee (medical/residential care, commisioned employees, sales person, etc...) I really don't want to lose my job ... but am 'NOT' going to work for incorrect pay...
(Sorry for the jumble of stuff btw)
What will be the most correct way of me going about this? I have heard many suggestions, some good while others not so much, ranging from "Clock out at 40 Hours, and return at the begining of the next workweek," "Print out the state/federal law on a sheet of paper, and show it to her," "Simply tell her that you understand your laws, and won't be unlawfully coerced into working for incorrect pay," as well as "Work the O.T. and when you get your paycheck, fuss \)"
I just want to do things right, without being taken advantage of,....
edit: I feel as though, clocking out at my 40 hours tomorrow, taking saturday off, and returning sunday would be the easiest route to take (I am not directly supervised) ... But do not want to get fired for "leaving the workplace"
edit 2: Forgot to add: Thank you for anyone who takes the time to help me with this, as it is very much so stressing me out.
Okay so, I began working part time as a Janitor, which very quickly became full time janitorial/maintenance/landscaping/bar-backing. Well, the extra hours were nice up until this morning's incident.
I had heard from an ex-boss there, that the company wasn't fond of overtime at all, so when I realized I would be at 38 hours today, and still had 2 days left in the workweek to work, I brought this up to my supervisor. "Hey, I might need to watch my hours, as i'm just about at 40 and I know you guys don't like overtime." Was my initial statement. My supervisor responded with, "Oh, we don't pay overtime, so it's not really worth working."
At which point I closed my mouth, and walked away, having dealt with the same thing with a past employer.
She quickly realized I would have quite the workload for the next couple of days, and returned to me a little while later with, "Well how many hours did you work last week? Because I know we count them up into 2 weeks, as long as you don't go over 80 hours." Again, I bit my toungue, and said "We'll see" (not sarcastically at all, meant it as i'll look at my hours.)
Now I know this is highly illegal, as I am not an exempt employee (medical/residential care, commisioned employees, sales person, etc...) I really don't want to lose my job ... but am 'NOT' going to work for incorrect pay...
(Sorry for the jumble of stuff btw)
What will be the most correct way of me going about this? I have heard many suggestions, some good while others not so much, ranging from "Clock out at 40 Hours, and return at the begining of the next workweek," "Print out the state/federal law on a sheet of paper, and show it to her," "Simply tell her that you understand your laws, and won't be unlawfully coerced into working for incorrect pay," as well as "Work the O.T. and when you get your paycheck, fuss \)"
I just want to do things right, without being taken advantage of,....
edit: I feel as though, clocking out at my 40 hours tomorrow, taking saturday off, and returning sunday would be the easiest route to take (I am not directly supervised) ... But do not want to get fired for "leaving the workplace"
edit 2: Forgot to add: Thank you for anyone who takes the time to help me with this, as it is very much so stressing me out.
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