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If hourly worker refuses to finish task off the clock, can boss reduce hours?
can they retaliate by not giving more paid opportunities?
Unless your contract states otherwise, you are not guaranteed "more paid opportunities".
I'm sure your employer would never use the ...
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If hourly worker refuses to finish task off the clock, can boss reduce hours?
Reducing an employee's hours because they refuse to work for free is possibly illegal. On the other hand, reducing their hours because they've shown themselves to be unreliable or incapable of ...
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If hourly worker refuses to finish task off the clock, can boss reduce hours?
People saying it depends if you are in an at-will/union state don't know US labor laws that well. That being said, exercising your rights under the FLSA does have a cost.
Under the FLSA as an hourly ...
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If hourly worker refuses to finish task off the clock, can boss reduce hours?
The US is (in)famous for having basically zero protections from employers acting like egoistic little kings, as long as they are mean to everyone equally. But there might be an edge case here:
Working ...
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If hourly worker refuses to finish task off the clock, can boss reduce hours?
can they retaliate by not giving more paid opportunities?
It's not retaliation, it's necessity, they need the work done and will find someone who can do it. Either the employee is not competent and ...
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If hourly worker refuses to finish task off the clock, can boss reduce hours?
In the US, unless your contract says otherwise and/or you have a good union willing to defend you, they can certainly decide to favor other employees.
And in much of the US, "at-will employment&...
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