[mekrob]

So I used to work at Subway for about a month, then I quit for several reasons. Anyway, we were getting our checks yesterday and I looked at my timecard and paycheck and they were way off. For one, she would mark us down. So if we clocked in at 4:01 and clocked out at 1:25, she would rewrite it as clocking out at 12 because that's when we close (but we still have to clean-up and do other things).

Secondly, she would simply round (down) our hours, rather than adding up each minute. So if it were from 4:00 pm to 11:25 pm, she'd only put us down for working 7 hours.

So my question, how is this stuff not illegal? I calculate (because I had added up my hours beforehand) that she stole about $250 just from me in one month of working there.

So is this stuff legal or illegal? Because I can't imagine the first one is and as for the second, I've always gotten paid for every single minute of work elsewhere.

(And I know that state laws vary, but I'm asking federally and just in general for states).

[mekrob]

We do punch time cards and then she marks out our time and writes in an hour less.

But I'm definitely never eating there again and making sure to tell everyone else I know never to also. I'm thinking of planning on going back in a year or so when she has completely new employees, ordering a dozen footlong double Steak and Cheese with extra bacon and then just leaving. Do that a couple of times to get her back.

[emersonbiggins]

I would talk to the other employees who have been there for a while and ask them why/when this started, and if they've done anything about it and, more importantly, if it's somehow justified (I can't imagine...). If that doesn't work, I would talk to the franchise operator/owner (who probably sets the policy), and if that doesn't work, talk to corporate. It doesn't sound kosher to me.

If you find out that you are only paid for set shifts, then I would promptly leave after my shift ended. You don't owe them your free time.

[mekrob]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I') would talk to the other employees who have been there for a while and ask them why/when this started

[emersonbiggins]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mekrob', 'I') don't work at a law firm. These people are used to welfare so they're just happy to get a paycheck and are too dumb to look through the numbers, which is why she's able to get away with this.

[Pretorian]

thats a pure robbery. Do what you can to get your money back, damage their interests or both. Sue them if you can get a witness. Once a restaurant I worked at stole about $100 from my wages. I made sure I made thousands of dollars worth of damages, direct and indirect, before i left.

[Geko45]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mekrob', 'I')f I do decide to contact the authorities, who would they be? DoL, DA, State Attorney's Office, regular cops?

[jupiters_release]

mekrob,

Aren't your parents well off? Why are you working at subway in the first place?

[mekrob]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jupiters_release', 'm')ekrob,

Aren't your parents well off? Why are you working at subway in the first place?

[pup55]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 's')he marks out our time and writes in an hour less

[I_Like_Plants]

Yep Dept of Labor or something, maybe call your local OSHA and ask them who to contact, sometimes you have to 'daisy chain" a bit to find the right people. Like I started out with Child Protective Services to find out about the Dept of Crime Prevention in my city.

Very very illegal.

[mekrob]

This is just absolutely fucking brilliant, what this heinous bitch is doing.

She's saying that she's deducting those hours (say from clocking out at 2 and changing it to 12) because we were only supposed to work until 12 (or whenever) and that then we were supposed to write a note on the side of the time card (like there is any room) saying why we stayed late (but she doesn't verify so how does this help to crack down on loitering around?!?).

But the thing is, we were never informed that we had to do this. Apparently, it's the manager's job (she's just the owner) to inform us of this policy. What she doesn't understand is that 1) that doesn't matter. The employees must be informed of all policies, especially that of the time card, no matter what; and 2) the manager's are under her. So if the manager's aren't doing their job, then she's not doing hers.

She's redirecting me to the book-keeper, who I'll have to deal with tomorrow. This definitely seems like what Wal-Mart did.

$3 in gas money there and back every time I have to do this.

[mekrob]

I just talked to the accountant (independent). Apparently, I don't have much of a case since I already signed my time card. Although I signed the time cards before she changed them, it basically pits my word versus hers and from a legal standpoint, I'm in a deadlock and don't have time to go through months of deliberations just for $100 or so.

Fuck!

[jupiters_release]

So you had your first real world experience outside of all the fictional "theory" you studied in school and now you're outraged LOL.

Maybe I'm wrong but I thought you said you were confident with being able to deal with peak oil, quibbling over $100 and having to work at subway wouldn't appear to support that? No offense intended but many of your posts smack of delusional idealism.

[mekrob]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'M')aybe I'm wrong but I thought you said you were confident with being able to deal with peak oil, quibbling over $100 and having to work at subway wouldn't appear to support that?