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I've been working at my current company through a staffing agency for the last 6 months. I was offered to come on full time today directly with the company, but the offer was for the same/hour.

When I interviewed, I was told I would get another bump if I became permanent. I'm going to counter their offer, but wanted to get a better understanding on how things work between an employer and staffing agency first.

I was under the impression it would actually be cheaper for my company to hire someone direct as there is no middle man. Is that not the case?

Just wanted to have a better understanding of this so I have more ammo for the counter offer.

Thanks in advance for any help!!

My boss recently accepted an interim position at our company, meaning he will assume the role/responsibilities of the interim position while maintaining his current role.

I work extremely closely with my boss. So when he informed me of his interim role, I asked him if this meant my responsibilities would shift during this interim period or if it meant that I would be taking on additional responsibilities while continuing in my current role. He said “both,” which I didn’t fully understand and stupidly didn’t inquire further.

Flash forward a few weeks later and we are now in the early stages of him transitioning into this interim position. I am getting forwarded all kinds of emails related to this new role, being asked to keep on top of these projects and work on them with him. It’s already clear to me that I will be taking on a lot of additional responsibilities, but there has been no indication that I will receive a pay increase for the additional labor.

For what it’s worth, I’m not sure if my boss is receiving an increase either, but I guess the difference is that he agreed to this role, while I did not.

He also mentioned to me that his boss told him they can hire a temp to help him out, but my boss declined because he said it would be too much work to train a new person, and figured why bother when he already has me?

I do believe I should be compensated for this additional work that I didn’t technically agree to. Not only that, but I’ve assumed countless responsibilities in my current role that do not fall within the technical responsibilities of my position, so I’m already being severely underpaid for my labor.

I’m seeking advice on how to approach this situation with my boss. Am I justified in asking about a pay increase? If so, how to go about it?

I spoke with an agent today from the NLRB who upon hearing my situation has encouraged me to file a claim against my former employer.

We have a sound case and it’s a case that affects 30+ others, but I’m intimidated because this employer has also sent us threatening letters from a lawyer regarding GlassDoor reviews and they’ve already shown they don’t care about what’s legal so I’m concerned what they might do to me/us even if the law says they can’t retaliate.

Help and advice? I really think I need to do this.

Like most jobs, the pay for fdny ems and other 911 responing ems agency personel is horrendous...but is especially horrendous compared to other first responders like nypd, corrections, fDNY suppression and sanitation workers in nyc. Today is...as usual....non stop. Units are being sent anywhere from 70 to well over 100 blocks away to jobs, some of which have been holding for two hours.

Instead of paying well, the city has made it clear that they'd rather have a high turnover rate instead of paying well to keep people longer. The avergave senority is under 4 years. Most leave for the fire side or anything else after the average 3-4 year stay.

Anywho, this message was sent to every ambulance today as jobs are piling up with Noone to respond to them.

Oh, never forget... "The best never rest".

Realistically, it's probably gonna be just two to three people at my work. The other locations will have 15+ people, but ours is a bit small. Our union rep suggested competitions of some kind, but honestly, I think that's more suited for larger groups. I just want to keep them lively enough to talk to customers and hand out flyers directing them to opposing businesses.

We may have access to a table and chairs, but I don't know how realistic that is. I own the table and chairs, I just don't know if they want that sort of thing.

Hi y'all! I'm doing a research essay for my college, and if you would be so kind to help me fill a survey!

The idea of a 4 day work week, name one pro that is most important to you, and one con that is most important to you. Leave your age at the end of the comment! Thanks much! This is due next week so I'll take as much comments as I can.

Register to vote: https://vote.gov

Contact your reps:

Senate: https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm?Class=1

House of Representatives: https://contactrepresentatives.org/

It’s a win-win for everyone except those more interested in controlling their employees lives than business outcomes.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/exos-four-day-workweek-pilot-130000236.html

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/people-feel-significantly-better-with-a-4-day-workweek-says-exos-ceo-sarah-robb-o-hagan/vi-BB1kW9um

Hello, I recently went on vacation and I just got a heads-up from my coworker. My boss is planning to work me for a few weeks just to fire me, rehire me, and reduce my pay to minimum wage.

Is this legally actionable?

Greetings,

I resigned from a Chinese company in my country 28 days ago and gave them a 30 day notice on the mail as per HR policy.

There are only 2-3 work days that are remaining for service which I reserved to clear up all the stuff with the cyber security team. However upon checking up my inbox and portal I realized a good portion of my overtimes haven't even been approved yet and would simply be discarded if no action is made by the Chinese.

Regarding this mandatory overtimes for which I didn't even consented to in the first place, I reminded my immediate boss again and again ever since I completed the overtime and to his credit he did actually informed the Chinese boss 3 days ago who calls all the shorts but left it on seen. The overtime email was to be sent from my immediate boss having me and the Chinese in "to" - yet no acknowledgement by him and it is mandatory for approval.

My next job will start from 7th of this month, yet I haven't even acquired clearance from this Chinese company and I think i will be scammed over for the over time that is 45% of my salary. I wrote to my bosses again but I know they are powerless infront of the Chinese bosses since they call all the shots. The HR told me that the status of the resignation and overtime is totally dependent on whether the Chinese boss feels like it or not. I am an electrical engineer and I believe I have dignity and rights and this is wrong.

What do I do? This is my first job and I dont want them firing me or something that would spoil my portfolio. My colleague told me to let it go since it isn't worth taking risk on the matter, but this is literally scamming away money from me.

Sorry for the poor Lango and grammar, I'm very saddened and upset over all this.

I work for a non-profit in California, and I often do not take a lunch break. Not maliciously or anything, I'm just busy and often forget, especially because I tend to eat in my office, where I have a mini-fridge and microwave. I recognize that in California my employer can be penalized if I don’t take a lunch break, but yesterday, I did not take one.

I clocked in today and saw that yesterday, my employer added a 10 minute break and 30 minute lunch to my clock when I didn't take them. Is there anything I can do about this? Or do I just have to make sure to take my breaks in the future?

I'm working in new york state, technically salaried but they still pay extra for OT for my position. Problem is they only pay for exact hour amounts over 8. So if for example in a totally hypothetical and not real situation that just happened last week, if I clock out at 5:58, it doesn't count, I'm only getting paid for the standard 8 hours.

It also apparently doesn't matter what time we clock in as long as its before 8am, so hypothetically if I clock in at 7:57, that part just gets rounded up to 8am. But the 5:58 doesn't get rounded up to 6pm.

I can't say for sure because I'm not well versed in labor laws but this sounds like a steamy pile of bullshit. I figured before making calls to the DoL I'd shout into the void and see if anyone already happens to know if there are laws against this kind of stuff. Thanks in advance for any advice you have to share, void

Am I wrong in thinking that is some grade-A BS? Even for a company to have that nice benefit, what a terrible and greedy message.

It's not a pay raise if I can't take that cash until I'm almost dead.