The requirement should be that any time an employer makes a demand of an employee’s time, they pay.
FA waiting on your plane to arrive that’s 6 hours late? Pay up.
15 Apple store employees lined up and waiting to get searched by a single manager after a shift? Pay up.
Require an employee to respond to phone calls or issues after hours? That’s not “after hours”, that’s hours. Pay up.
Make an employee commute to an office for a job that can be accomplished from home? Believe it or not, pay the hell up.
Making demands of a person’s time for a job is part of the job. They should be compensated for it.
Damage@feddit.it 5 months ago
… I guess you’re writing this because it isn’t so… ?
Kalkaline@leminal.space 5 months ago
Learning to demand pay for your time at a job is an important life lesson. Not everyone learns it. I have a coworker on the verge of retirement that eats while working and doesn’t take a “no-lunch”.
GrundlButter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
I would argue that the lion’s share of wage theft happens at the lowest paid jobs. They have no alternatives, they’re paid zero respect, the power balance is in the employer’s favor, and their employers know it. They can’t even demand a reasonable standard of living.
Well, they can but it would take a concerted effort, and the American mindset is too individualist to understand class solidarity, or too distracted by just trying to survive.
Crashumbc@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Knowing it, and being able to do anything about it are two very different things. Especially in lower paying fields.
Gestrid@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
That’s actually illegal in my state, and companies can get in big trouble if the employee doesn’t take a break/ lunch.
placatedmayhem@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Correct. In the US, these practices are commonly not paid by employers.
Damage@feddit.it 5 months ago
sigh
Gestrid@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
I will add to what OP said, though, and say that companies will pay for certain types of commutes.
For example, when I used to work at a certain grocery store, some of us were asked one night (I worked the night shift) to go help one of our other stores nearby that had recently been expanded and hadn’t yet hired the staff necessary to keep up. We were paid to cover the gas used to get from point A to point B and back to point A (because we needed to clock out at point A).
I’ve also heard that some construction companies will also pay for commutes to different worksites from the office.
Some companies may also either let you use a company credit card or let you get paid back for expenses incurred on a business trip. (Of course, in both cases, the company would want proof of each transaction.)
Additionally, depending on the circumstances and where you live, you may be able to claim the amount you paid for gas commuting to work on your annual taxes. (Or so I’ve heard. Take this one with a grain of salt. I’ve not been attentive enough to the amount of gas I’m using commuting to work to be able to claim it. This is one I heard about from a friend.)
Blackmist@feddit.uk 5 months ago
You catch on fast young Padawan.