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Working hours I am not being paid for
Hi,
I am working for a company part-time and the way my company keeps track of hours spent on certain projects is through a program. If I spend an hour on project A then I will put it into the system and mark 1.0 hour, etc (And that is the amount that reflects my paycheck). Recently my company has been a bit slow so I have been leaving early. My supervisors don't have anything for me to do when I ask them, so I see there's no point in me staying there. Today I stayed there for 8 hours and was only able to charge about half of my time there because for almost 4 hours I had no work to do, but I was basically told to wait there until something comes up. Personally, I feel that it is not fair of them to ask me to stay for 8 hours and give me work that is only chargeable for about half the time I have been there. The way the system works for part-timers is basically... I will get payed by the hours I've spent on the project, so if I'm sitting there for 3 hours doing nothing on an 8 hour day, then I will only get paid for 5 hours. But I'm only sitting there for 3 hours doing nothing because I have absolutely nothing to do from my supervisors. How can I bring this issue up to my company?
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This is real simple. If they are taking up YOUR time
for 8 hours, even if they have nothing for you to do, they better pay you for 8 hours. Like it or not. You were away from home and "waiting" at their request.
Look up the labor relations board for your state. Call and ask them some questions. They will help you out.
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This sounds a little bit like a personal problem, what i would do is talk to your boss about what you feel the problem is and lt them know that your considering getting a second job
(even if your not) and say that you need to have a certain SET amount of hours that your being paid for so that you can work your second job in with that. then see what they say.
it IS a problem but if your a lower level employee then the likely hood of them actually fixing the whole system for you is low. I would consider another job if their unwilling to work with you on this.
I could see one excuse being that they dont know what they'll get "work wise" and want someone thats just kind of THERE already and i guess your that person?? thats the best i can guess because you were a bit short on details.
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