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1. Holiday Pay - I am aware that an employer does not have to provide holiday compensation, but do they have to pay all employees equally for holidays if they do provide it?
For instance, Monday is a holiday. All employees scheduled to work on Monday are given the day off with pay. I am off on Monday and will receive no compensation either in the way of another day off or overtime for hours worked on the next day. What is the law here? If compensation should be paid to the one employee, is there any timeframe for looking back at history of similar payments?
2. Promotion - I had been assisting the office manager, training all new people, including new managers and basically heading up scheduling of getting all other employees work done and submitted in the timeframe required. Office employees come to me for instruction rather than go to anyone else. The office manager at the time told me she was going to make me her assistant office manager. She also promised me a raise to a salaried position. She then quit unexpectedly. The owner indicated to other employees I would not be given the position of assistant office manager because I was "sure as hell too young". She would not even discuss it with me. However, she then hired someone from the outside, with no knowledge of the company to fill the position and she was the SAME age as myself and then requested I train her. Any law to protect me here?
3. Payroll Deduction - I was threatened with a payroll deduction of $50 for a shortage count when three other people were involved. There was no real investigation and I was accused of stealing in front of the whole office. Nothing even similar has been brought up like this in the 2-1/2 years I've been there. I (thanks to my mom) gave them a copy of the payday law that says you can't do that kind of deduction without a signed authorization by the employee. The owner and hr manager were dumbfounded that the law existed and immediately reversed their decision. They have been doing this to other employees for years. However, I have been told by my new supervisor that after a closed door management meeting regarding my confrontation with them, they are wanting me to quit but won't fire me due to unemployment concerns and if I don't quit they plan to make my life miserable to get me to walk. Can they do this when it's a direct result of my standing up for myself as regards my wages? I am looking for another position, but I sure don't want negative references from this company because I refused to be bullied - any advice here?
I should mention they have no written employee manual and any employee communications or directives change from week to week verbally.
Thank you.
1. Holiday Pay - I am aware that an employer does not have to provide holiday compensation, but do they have to pay all employees equally for holidays if they do provide it?
For instance, Monday is a holiday. All employees scheduled to work on Monday are given the day off with pay. I am off on Monday and will receive no compensation either in the way of another day off or overtime for hours worked on the next day. What is the law here? If compensation should be paid to the one employee, is there any timeframe for looking back at history of similar payments?
2. Promotion - I had been assisting the office manager, training all new people, including new managers and basically heading up scheduling of getting all other employees work done and submitted in the timeframe required. Office employees come to me for instruction rather than go to anyone else. The office manager at the time told me she was going to make me her assistant office manager. She also promised me a raise to a salaried position. She then quit unexpectedly. The owner indicated to other employees I would not be given the position of assistant office manager because I was "sure as hell too young". She would not even discuss it with me. However, she then hired someone from the outside, with no knowledge of the company to fill the position and she was the SAME age as myself and then requested I train her. Any law to protect me here?
3. Payroll Deduction - I was threatened with a payroll deduction of $50 for a shortage count when three other people were involved. There was no real investigation and I was accused of stealing in front of the whole office. Nothing even similar has been brought up like this in the 2-1/2 years I've been there. I (thanks to my mom) gave them a copy of the payday law that says you can't do that kind of deduction without a signed authorization by the employee. The owner and hr manager were dumbfounded that the law existed and immediately reversed their decision. They have been doing this to other employees for years. However, I have been told by my new supervisor that after a closed door management meeting regarding my confrontation with them, they are wanting me to quit but won't fire me due to unemployment concerns and if I don't quit they plan to make my life miserable to get me to walk. Can they do this when it's a direct result of my standing up for myself as regards my wages? I am looking for another position, but I sure don't want negative references from this company because I refused to be bullied - any advice here?
I should mention they have no written employee manual and any employee communications or directives change from week to week verbally.
Thank you.
