Eekamouse
Senior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? California
A person gets hired by a company that is nationwide to perform a merchandising service for several stores. The person has to call a number and clock into the store via phone when they arrive to start work. The company they work for has allotted exactly two hours to get the work done. The employee must complete the work in two hours and clock out then drive to the next store and clock back in via phone and complete the merchandising task in the two hours given to them. The merchandising task cannot be completed by the employee in the two hours given. It is virtually impossible to complete the work in just two hours. The employee follows the rules and clocks out at the two hour mark but of course, can't leave the store until the merchandising task is finished. An additional hour is done by the employee off the clock to finish the task. The employee is not compensated for the drive time between stores, only for the two hours given for the task assigned. Additionally, the employer advises the employee to call in and clock into a store for two hours on a Wednesday yet the employee cannot go to the store they clocked into until the following day because the delivery driver who delivers the merchandise to the store doesn't arrive until the evening of Wednesday. The employee goes in the following morning and finds that there are 6 additional bins of product they must merchandise than the quantity of bins they were expecting to do. They work four hours to complete their task so their employer just got two hours of labor for free. Should this be reported to the labor board or should the employee simply quit and look for a new job. This employer has thousands of part time employees working in Canada and the US. Is this all legal and above board? I cannot stress enough that the work load vs the time allowed is completely out of balance and impossible to do. Curious if this is something the labor board would want to know about?
A person gets hired by a company that is nationwide to perform a merchandising service for several stores. The person has to call a number and clock into the store via phone when they arrive to start work. The company they work for has allotted exactly two hours to get the work done. The employee must complete the work in two hours and clock out then drive to the next store and clock back in via phone and complete the merchandising task in the two hours given to them. The merchandising task cannot be completed by the employee in the two hours given. It is virtually impossible to complete the work in just two hours. The employee follows the rules and clocks out at the two hour mark but of course, can't leave the store until the merchandising task is finished. An additional hour is done by the employee off the clock to finish the task. The employee is not compensated for the drive time between stores, only for the two hours given for the task assigned. Additionally, the employer advises the employee to call in and clock into a store for two hours on a Wednesday yet the employee cannot go to the store they clocked into until the following day because the delivery driver who delivers the merchandise to the store doesn't arrive until the evening of Wednesday. The employee goes in the following morning and finds that there are 6 additional bins of product they must merchandise than the quantity of bins they were expecting to do. They work four hours to complete their task so their employer just got two hours of labor for free. Should this be reported to the labor board or should the employee simply quit and look for a new job. This employer has thousands of part time employees working in Canada and the US. Is this all legal and above board? I cannot stress enough that the work load vs the time allowed is completely out of balance and impossible to do. Curious if this is something the labor board would want to know about?
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