I am paid less than the Sheriff and not paid OT for days off I work.
I am a corrections ofc. for a private corp. and sometimes we have to pull hosp. duty. I make $9.50 hr. At my job. The marshals pay the co. $12.00 hr. When I work the hosp. The co. Only pays me $9.00 hr. What's even worse we have to work on our days off.
Could you please tell me if this is legal to pay someone less than what they normally make.
And is it legal to make someone work on their days off with no time & a half.
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They can pay the Sheriff more for your services
Just as a grocery store can charge more for the apples it sells than it paid to buy them, so can employers pay an employee less than what it receives for providing those employees. As to whether you are entitled to overtime payments, that depends on what your actual job is -- and whether in any particular week you worked in excess of 40 hours. There are also various occupations that are exempt under the law. You should go to the Department of Labor and talk to someone there -- or speak with an employment lawyer in your area of the state.
posted by Margaret A. Harris | Feb 21, 2001 10:03 AM [EST]
Just as a grocery store can charge more for the apples it sells than it paid to buy them, so can employers pay an employee less than what it receives for providing those employees. As to whether you are entitled to overtime payments, that depends on what your actual job is -- and whether in any particular week you worked in excess of 40 hours. There are also various occupations that are exempt under the law. You should go to the Department of Labor and talk to someone there -- or speak with an employment lawyer in your area of the state.
posted by Margaret A. Harris | Feb 21, 2001 10:03 AM [EST]
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