Work vent

[missj1975]

I can understand your vent but your really shouldn't concern yourself with another employee's pay. If you want to be salary, then you should try to be a dispatcher.

A lady at my work almost got fired because she concerned herself too much with my pay. We did two different jobs but since she was with the company longer she was upset that I got paid more (technically she didn't know my pay, she just guessed). Anyway, she made a complaint to my boss and he pretty much told her that it is none of her business what my pay is and if she didn't like her pay she should find another job. Guess who no longer works for the company anymore.

 

[Irin997]

Here's the thing: if your work is open for business, all employees should be working unless they are using vacation/annual leave. If your work is closed for business because of a holiday, you get holiday pay.

Case in point, you got the shaft. They shouldn't be able to make you take a day off of work without pay when they are open for business...but legally they are probably able to do so. Unfortuntely I think you are stuck.

 

[mickeyboat]

Here's the thing: if your work is open for business, all employees should be working unless they are using vacation/annual leave. If your work is closed for business because of a holiday, you get holiday pay.

Case in point, you got the shaft. They shouldn't be able to make you take a day off of work without pay when they are open for business.

Where did this information come from? Where I worked before in order to avoid lay-offs, the company went to a 4 day work week. Some employees had Mondays off, some Fridays, some were needed every day so they worked 5. It's called a reduction of hours, and as far as I know, it is legal.

Denae

ETA - All of our employees are salary, but we still track hours for billing purposes - NOT for payroll purposes. Regardless of the number of hours worked, our pay is the same. As a matter of fact, to be exempt from having to pay overtime, we cannot use personal time for short periods away from the office (2 hours or less), we would just put 6 hours on our timesheets for that day.

 

[Irin997]

Where did this information come from? Where I worked before in order to avoid lay-offs, the company went to a 4 day work week. Some employees had Mondays off, some Fridays, some were needed every day so they worked 5. It's called a reduction of hours, and as far as I know, it is legal.

This information came from the way it SHOULD be...however, if you look at my post, I edited it to add in the fact that is IS legal and she is probably stuck.

And you don't have to tell me about a reduction in hours. All State of MD employees, me included, are a getting a 2 day pay reduction plus I have to take 2 days without pay between Jan and June. And my agency is not even funded by the state.

 

[Allison]

Here's the thing: if your work is open for business, all employees should be working unless they are using vacation/annual leave. If your work is closed for business because of a holiday, you get holiday pay.

Case in point, you got the shaft. They shouldn't be able to make you take a day off of work without pay when they are open for business...but legally they are probably able to do so. Unfortuntely I think you are stuck.

I know several organizations in my industry that are requiring people to take unpaid leaves in order to save jobs overall. Yes, the business is still open. No, they aren't getting paid. It's completely within the rights of an employer to do so.

My job has different rules for holiday pay based on several factors(hours worked per week, union or not, etc) which is also fine to do.

 

[Chicago526]

I'd be ticked off too, but I'd be careful about how much you complain, and definatly don't discuss pay of othe employees. At my last company, one of the few iron clad rules was "Thall Shalt Not Discuss The Wages of Thyself or Fellow Employees, Ever and Ever Amen!". Anyone caught talking about their pay or someone elses (which you shouldn't know since other emplyees shouldn't be telling you) got you fired immediatly. And they did it too, a co-worker of mine was overheard saying how it was unfair that my department got paid more than the same position in another department (this was a travel call center, I was in tours and the other department was rail tickets, we got paid more because we had to know more to do our jobs well and our turnover was higher, it was the only way to tempt people to stay!) and she was fired on the spot, my supervisor went to her desk with a box, watched her pack her belongings, and then escourted her to the parking lot. They mailed her her last check.

They never found out how she learned that we got paid more than her department, but had they figured it out, that person would have been fired too. And lucky for the person she was complaining too, that the person that overheard her heard the whole conversation and knew the listener was totally inocent and wasn't also discusing pay. The fired employee just randomly started to spout off how unfair it was, the listener just sat there and looked stunned! Had they thought the listener was actively talking about it, she would have been fired too.

 

[Irin997]

I know several organizations in my industry that are requiring people to take unpaid leaves in order to save jobs overall. Yes, the business is still open. No, they aren't getting paid. It's completely within the rights of an employer to do so.

My job has different rules for holiday pay based on several factors(hours worked per week, union or not, etc) which is also fine to do.

Which is exactly why I stated that it is legal.

 

[DVC~OKW~96]

I don't know what your reference resources are in your state, but if you have a state labor board, contact that agency and ask about the "being made to take a day without pay, not as a result of a disciplinary action" and see what they have to say.

This isn't about salary or hourly, this is about whether you can be made to take a day without pay in your state.

Good luck to you.

 

[S. C.]

I'd be ticked off too, but I'd be careful about how much you complain, and definatly don't discuss pay of othe employees. At my last company, one of the few iron clad rules was "Thall Shalt Not Discuss The Wages of Thyself or Fellow Employees, Ever and Ever Amen!". Anyone caught talking about their pay or someone elses (which you shouldn't know since other emplyees shouldn't be telling you) got you fired immediatly. And they did it too, a co-worker of mine was overheard saying how it was unfair that my department got paid more than the same position in another department (this was a travel call center, I was in tours and the other department was rail tickets, we got paid more because we had to know more to do our jobs well and our turnover was higher, it was the only way to tempt people to stay!) and she was fired on the spot, my supervisor went to her desk with a box, watched her pack her belongings, and then escourted her to the parking lot. They mailed her her last check.

They never found out how she learned that we got paid more than her department, but had they figured it out, that person would have been fired too. And lucky for the person she was complaining too, that the person that overheard her heard the whole conversation and knew the listener was totally inocent and wasn't also discusing pay. The fired employee just randomly started to spout off how unfair it was, the listener just sat there and looked stunned! Had they thought the listener was actively talking about it, she would have been fired too.

So much for freedom of speech.

 

[Irin997]

So much for freedom of speech.

Sorry, had to laugh about that one cause isn't it totally true???

 

[Chicago526]

So much for freedom of speech.

Yeah, I didn't stay at that company long (for many reasons). I mean, I understand where they're coming from, you're paying different people different wages fo similar work, you don't want people fighting about it or complaining about it all the time. And it's not as if this was a secret rule, they told you this when you were hired and reminded you when you got your review and anual raise. Still, it was pretty harsh.