This is totally up to my management.
Legally, it's not. Keep very detailed records. You may have a very nice
lawsuit to file.
An exempt employee is not paid an hourly wage. If you're punching a clock
and being docked on an hourly basis for time away from the job, then by
all practical (and I'd bet, legal, purposes) you're being paid an hourly
wage. That would make you non-exempt.
I'd speek to a good labor attorney. You may be able to cash in on these
jackasses. You might even get that boss fired if it ends up costing the
company tens of thousands for yourself and everyone else in the
department.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nikki Peterson - OETX" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 8:41 AM
Subject: RE: After-hours work
Currently I am classified as “Exempt”. Description of “Exempt” as
understood by my manager is as follows:
- Pay based on 2 weeks
- 1 week every month I am on-call 24/7
- 2nd Saturday after Patch Tuesday, I am here to patch our servers and
any extra maint for 8 hours
- On average, I work at least a 1 over every day.
- If I have a Dr. appointment or need to leave a bit early, I am forced
to use my PTO (vacation)
- FMLA (sick time) only if I am sick for 3+ days, and I need a Dr. note.
Example of my time card:
- 89 hours worked during the regular days
- 5 hours worked for Patching/Maint Saturday
- 2 hours PTO charged against me (had to leave early for family
emergency)
- On call
o My paycheck shows:
78 hours Regular Pay
16 hours No-Pay (these are the extra stuff)
2 hours deducted for PTO
No mention of on call
This is totally up to my management. Some of the guys in Telecom have a
great boss, he lets them leave early if an emergency happens and he will
not reflect it on their time cards. He knows they work hard and long and
the County gets much more than they pay for.
We are 4 positions down and unable to fill them at the price we offer. I
have been doing 2 desks now for the last year and a half.
Instead of receiving praise for keeping up and hanging in there. I have
a boss that comes in from a meeting, announcing to everyone that “No one
leaves until the whatever he just promised in his last meeting is done.
My boss is a self-serving jerk. He takes time with the blessing of his
boss, but then insists that he must follow the rules for us to be fair.
The biggest problem is that he will give a break to the one fellow he
drinks with.
I think it is time for IT based Unions...
This used to be fun but now it sucks.
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