I work for my parents at their business alongside mine. I got shorted some 14 hours on my check and asked why. It turned out the scheduled hours were “unauthorised”.

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image showing I work for my parents at their business alongside mine. I got shorted some 14 hours on my check and asked why. It turned out the scheduled hours were “unauthorised”.

some-rando-wom on September 22nd, 2019 at 00:08 UTC »

That’s wage theft and it’s illegal.

3dDavinci on September 22nd, 2019 at 00:16 UTC »

Man is the family business that hard up?

machine667 on September 22nd, 2019 at 03:03 UTC »

I had a boss I got into a multi-day argument with once about how you didn't have to pay someone who'd worked overtime if said individual hadn't been authorized to work OT. She persisted in this stance despite me producing the regulation that indicated as much, in writing. You're allowed to discipline someone who works OT without permission, but as long as work has been done, you've got to pay them.

the kicker? I'm an employment lawyer, so was my boss, this was at an employment law firm. Noped the fuck out of there.