I’m not like a super political person, and from my understanding its the idea that if I make a $10 thing for the bossman, but only get $1 that is wage theft?
But like, when I took the job I knew how much I was going to make?
Or is it like, people are literally not getting their paychecks?
I’m slightly inebreated, lazy, and don’t want my algorithms to start becoming politically charged from googling and youtubing this. I’m already collapse aware and my mental health is ultra fragile.
Help me Lemmy wan kenobi, you’re my only hope.
One that isn’t discussed often is the difference between salary exempt and salary non-exempt. The exempt part being whether or not that employee is owed overtime.
Not all salary positions are.considered exempt from overtime. Only those whose position may be required outside business hours for the business to continue functioning. For example, most managers are considered exempt. If one of their reports calls out sick, they may need to work off the clock to make arrangements with another employee to cover.
However salary positions such as finance are considered non-exempt. All their job duties can be accomplished during business hours and there is no reason they would need to work off the clock to keep the business running.
So one example of wage theft is when a business classifies an employee as salary exempt making them work overtime and not paying them for it.