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contact the attorney general in the state she is in and the better business bureau and

Posted By: Heather on 2008-12-05
In Reply to: I would send her a certified letter stating - kt

call the local newspaper and something like ABC on your side. Put the heavy duty pressure on her.



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Also contact your state Attorney General
consumer fraud division. Contact the local TV station that has a department for such fraud and ask them to investigate. Once you go public, you will be paid. Best of luck to you.
Report to BBB, then contact attorney general's
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make complaint to your state attorney general sm

google.com you particular state attorney general and read up a bit. Here in California I know I have read things in the newspaper where Jerry Brown was investigating this or that and taking action, scams was one thing.  Type up the problem encountered, find the website and send an email with all the facts (complete) so that enables a proper investigation.  If nobody complains, they get away with it.  They depend on people not knowing what to do, or feel, what is the use.


Here is a link for my state, can click the titles, they open


http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=california+state+attorney+general+consumer+fraud&rlz=1R2GGLJ_enUS333&aq=3&oq=california+state+attorney+g&aqi=g6.


Contact the Labor Board, the Attorney General's office,

send them a certified letter with return receipt giving them 10 days from date of the letter to issue you your money.   Be sure and keep documentation of everything. 


Try the Attorney General's Office...
for your State. Worked for me and I was an IC. Got my last check. Good luck.
call attorney general and do not work until paid
that is BULL
Better Business Bureau in PA

I am looking for information on how to send a complaint to The Better Business Bureau in PA.  Or maybe there is another route to take.  Toth Transcription owes me money since July and will not even respond.  They need to have something done to them!


Better Business Bureau
Has anybody ever filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau about a particularly company?  I am totally frustrated with a transcription service who never pays their MTs on time.  I ended up resigning and they still have not issued me my final check.  Any suggestions? 
Better Business Bureau
Oops, I meant a particular company in my previous post.
Better Business Bureau
This is one place to start, plus I am consulting with a lawyer on options so other MT's wont be scammed by this company. 
Sorry but Better Business Bureau
is likely a waste of your time... How often do you check it before doing business with someone?

Send her a demand for payment letter certified and send a copy to her clients. That would get my attention.

Better Business Bureau Update
Davis Transcription is listed with the BBB, a member since 2002 in good standing.  We all know this is a farce.  This is where we can start, report to the BBB.  They will even contact the company for you if you feel you have been wronged.  Those she owes money to, please contact the BBB, you can file this online.  I encourage each and everyone to do so. 
Better Business Bureau gave them an F rating. I'd pass..






 F

 We strongly question the company’s reliability for reasons such as that they have failed to respond to complaints, their advertising is grossly misleading, they are not in compliance with the law’s licensing or registration requirements, their complaints contain especially serious allegations, or the company’s industry is known for its fraudulent business practices.

If this is the place out of Los Angeles..run.. just archives and the Better Business Bureau.
I'd run fast..
Nothing new.. check old archives AND Better Business Bureau. They have an F rating.
I research any and all companies I have worked for with the BBB. If they have a horrible rating then they are not worth working for.
We all need to band together!!! And we DO need to contact an attorney. This has become CRIMINAL!
This is not legal!
what kind of attorney did u all hire and in which state? What if u are spread
all over the US and there are like 8 that were not paid? Do we get an attorney in the same state as the loser who did not pay us? Or what is your advice there? What did u do? How much did it end up costing u? Plz reply via email if you want.
You really need to contact your State Unemployment

Depends on the State you live in.  Asking your State Unemployment Office would give you accurate information.  You may be able to e-mail them (I know getting through by phone in almost all States is a pain now).  They may also have answers to that exact question on their Website FAQ.  I am sure others have had that same question. 


But, before you waste too much time, you really have to ask yourself if you like your job. 


A lot of people do not know how employers are charged Unemployment.  For those who do not, here is how it works. 


Unemployment is paid by the State government. Employers pay into a fund based upon the number of employees they have. The State government collects the money paid in and puts it into a trust fund. Unemployment benefits are then paid out from the trust fund. The amount of money (unemployment insurance premiums) an employer pays is based upon their history of payouts. A company that has high numbers of payout will pay more per employee then will a company who fires or lays no one off  (like auto insurance - a person with more accidents on their history pays higher premiums then a driver with a clean record).  This can range from 0% to 6% of taxable payroll. They also have to pay an Administrative Tax to the State, who has to keep track of the UC Claim and print out the check, etc.  This is also a percentage. It gets pretty complicated after that.  


 That is why employers fight every new Unemployment claim.  It is one thing to piss off a former employer (especially if you were fired and never plan to work for them again) and pissing off your current employer.  So you really have to be sure the amount of money you can get from your employer in Unemployment is worth the pain they can inflict on you.  We all know employers who make life miserable for an employee by giving them the god-awful dictators and QA them to death in order to get them to quit so they do not have to pay Unemployment, and there is no way to prove that. 


Hope this helps. 


Good Luck. 


 


 

         
contact the labor board in your state
A Google search should help you find them.
Contact your state labor board immediately!
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Contact Labor Board in Employer's State
I believe it can also be handled by e mail.  However, by the time they get around to helping you, the lines you speak of should be on your NEXT paycheck and they will say there is no harm done.  The company may have a valid point if the lines are not counted until they clear QA (???) but I would definitely make sure they are on the next paycheck.
It they don't have a license to do business in that state, then they cannot hire.

They may be brand new. Ask them how long in business if you make contact. nm
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What state are you in? Doesn't seem like it would be a franchise type of business. nm
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General Hosp...er General T-Tech
LOL
Unless something has changed, health insurance rates vary state by state, so we may not have the
info you need.  I'm an IC so I don't have benefits.
You are correct. The state that rules is the state the employee lives in.
My state laws has is spelled out in their Code. If another state does not withhold, they are fined heavily and if they don't withhold for years, their fines are pretty bad. I worked for a Florida co that did not withhold income tax for my state even after I brought it to their attention in the state code. They kept saying that they would eventually and never did. After two plus years and when I left, I made it known to my state all the conversations, the state refunded me all late fees they charged me and then said they were going after the company in Florida because they had many employees in our state. They deserved it. They knew better.
Anybody heard of Bureau of Office Services?

Does anyone have any experience with this company?  They are in Illinois.


 


TIA


The state you live in or the state where the MTSO is located? nm
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Anyone with the Bureau of Office Services based in Illinois? Are
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Does anyone know anything about Bureau of Office Services in Illinois? good, bad, ugly? nm
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If company is in state that has no state taxes
they are not required to take out state taxes.  It's enough to keep up with your own state tax law code, could you imagine having to stay abreast of 49 other state tax codes?  The cost would be huge and ultimately passed on to us by lower line rates.  Regardless of who owes the tax, someone has to pay it.  Just a matter of convenience I guess. 
Not state by state, federal labor law - sm
and you don't have to be asked. If you work it, asked or not, they have to pay time and a half OT rate for hours worked over 40 in a week.

Taken right from U.S. Dept of Labor -
An employer who requires or PERMITS an employee to work overtime is generally required to pay the employee premium pay for such overtime work. Employees covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)MUST receive overtime pay for hours worked in excess of 40 in a workweek of at least one and one-half times their regular rates of pay. The FLSA does not require overtime pay for work on Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, or regular days of rest.

Extra pay for working weekends or nights is a matter of agreement between the employer and the employee (or the employee's representative). The FLSA does not require extra pay for weekend or night work or double time pay.

Different state to state. You would be surprised to find

IC can be defined differently state to state.  Even the IRS cannot come up with a definitive set of rules.  You would be surprised how many ICs actually get unemployment in some states.  If the unemployment claim form asks specifically if you are an independent contractor, do not lie, but if it does not, do not volunteer it.  Let the company prove you are a true IC according to the rules of your state.  All you lose is a few minutes filling out the claim form.  I would only do it as a last resort.  If you can find work fast, by all means go for it, but the way things are now with all the VR and off-shoring, it is a backup if you cannot find work.  No one should go hungry because they are afraid to file for Unemployment as an IC. 


 


Do you feel better now? !! Business is business, most of it should be confidential. Why post on a
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attorney
Honestly, i would sign, collect my severance, and get another MT job. They have NO right to tell you who you can work for and that basically you have to leave your trained profession for a year. You know the MT business you cannot leave for a year and expect to get any kind of job again.
get an attorney
Absolutely get an attorney and go to your state labor board. They can take it much further than you can. Do you have any idea who is doing this to you and why? Your employer is unbelievably short-sighted and your co-worker - I don't even know what to say about that person! Best of luck. I am so glad you have some evidence.
D is an attorney
Just as a piece of information. Of course, she'd tell you to serve on jury duty.

All these weeks/months that the MTs from MDI have not had enough have been during the preparations for this merger. D was just taking care of herself -- she traded you all in for her retirement fund. She may have always talked like everything was about family, but at the end of the day, it has always been about business. I'm not a current MT with MDI, but worked there long enough to understand her personality.

Best of luck to all of you!
Attorney D
Thank you for the reminder about D being an attorney. I had completely forgotten about that. For me, that fact explains her actions a little better...
I had my attorney look at a contract also
I was asked to sign a really outrageous one.... not for Sten-Tel. I don't want to mention the company. It's hardly ever on here and I think I was the first and only person asked to sign one. Basically making me a slave with varying pay and other horrible things.
NO, they cannot! I consulted an attorney about this.
The consensus is that no one can prevent you from earning a living. Noncompete clauses aren't worth the paper they're written on and can't be enforced. What are they going to do, taunt you about being a traitor? Tell them kiss off and talk to your attorney IF they ever find out about it.
About contacting an attorney - sm

I too would like answers because half a truth is worse than a total lie because you mislead with half the truth and do much damage.  Please clarify these issues for us.


1.  Why would the company go to all the trouble to pull this two-bit prank when they could just say good bye to you if they wanted to.  You have been ranting to all of us on shift with you for months about how you have been mistreated and were going to sue the company and demand unemployment.  You did not tell the good MTs here who are ready to take your side and defend your position that All Type has a 3 strike rule and that you have told several of us that you were written up once for failing to make production of 1200 lines a day and then spewing some pretty foul language in an email to a supervisor about them making you do OP notes and type ESLs and how that was not fair to you.  It is an acute care hospital.  That is what we do.  Do you remember telling us about being written up for falsifying your time card?  Honestly, that is pretty serious.  If you were the one telling us that, i cannot even imagine what you are not telling us and what your personnel file looks like. 


2.  I have not seen anyone leave, voluntarily or involuntarily on our team in some time.  So who are you referencing when you say a lot of people quit or were fired.  No one stays at a company that is horrendous and unfair out of the kindness of their heart.  Are you telling us you just felt sorry for the company and the management team you hated and stayed to help them out? 


3.  Evidently you believe that you are a very high caliber employee and MT.  I would think you would be able to go anywhere and find a perfectly wonderful job.  I know most companies are just begging for real talent.  Unemployment is probably your only alternative because we both know that you are NOT capable of working in any acute care setting - and unemployment and legal sources are going to laugh you out of the offices if you tell them the truth! Even if you fail to tell them the real story, your history is well documented.   


4.  From all of the foul statements you have made about this company and their management for months and threatening legal ramifications if they mess with you - I wonder why you would want to be a part of a company that you have made clear to any of us who will listen how much you hate All Type and all of the management.  I also wonder if you do not know that from the beginning when you started making statements to the rest of us about lawsuits - that the company most surely handed your file over to a legal team.  I suspect the legal department has been involved in all of this for several months. 


Good luck missy.  I have worked with you for well over a year and your professional behavior and abilities leave a lot to be desired.  You have been so disruptive that most of your team has blocked you from IM and we are all glad that your drama from 4-12 everyday is finally done.  You should have been doing your job instead of driving us all crazy with your IMs and maybe, just maybe this company would have valued you.  As it is, what goes around comes around and your cheating, backstabbing, and lies came back around to you.  I salute Karma!!!


Not an attorney, but have 2 in the family ...sm

My son-in-law is a newbie lawyer who does have an interest in labor law and the like.  I've had numerous conversations with him re. the MTSOs and all they're able to get by with.  Regarding your post above, the difference is ASKING YOU TO and REQUIRING YOU TO. 


In any job paying on production, if there's no work on your shift DUE TO NO FAULT OF THE EMPLOYER (and this does NOT include having sent your work to VR when you on a straight MT shift and you're out of work) they may REQUEST that you make it up at a later date - this must be a mutually agreeable time.  But THEY CANNOT REQUIRE you to make up work at a specific time - they must pay you minimum hourly wage for your time in that case.   


Disagree. One letter from an attorney
to their clients would change this picture...

They broke the contract first by not paying according to agreement; that's all I'd need to either contact the clients directly myself or pay $100 bucks or so to have an attorney do it for me...

Again, you aren't looking for payment by contacting the client, you are advising them in advance that you are suing their provider and that they should be prepared to turn over documents/be subpoenaed.

Or, just roll over and hope the company chooses to pay you. Whatever.
Have an attorney send them a letter with
a copy of your contract. Also, as poster below says, look for a new job.
No Texas and will be seeing my attorney tomorrow.
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Update - saw my attorney and filed for

Two people at the unemployment office told me I have every right to claim unemployment.  My attorney looked over my contract and apparently the owner didn't cover all her avenues and he found a loophole and told me to file.  BTW - one of the ladies at the unemployment office told me they are seeing more and more MTs filing. 


Take it to your Prosecuting Attorney's office
They will quickly act on it. She will pay or be arrested. If it is for more than $100, it is a felony charge.

The only way I got my money is by sending him a letter from my attorney.
Essentially, all I did was go to a lawyers office and have them send the guy a letter of the amount owed otherwise face legal action and the guy sent me my pay.  Callstreet will tell you that they will pay these great rates and then when you do the work and in the time frame they want, when you see what you are ACTUALLY being paid is SIGNIFICANTLY lower.  This is an Indian guy who uses anyone he can get his hands on and then screw them out of hard earned money.  They conference calls are brutal to get turned around in an extremely short period of time and then to get screwed out of the proper pay is a slap in the face.  He does the same thing to services he uses overseas, too.  I've seen posts on an Indian website about this guy cheating them out of pay, too.
I'm sure the attorney has time to "live on this board" like we do. nm
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Being a small MTSO myself, the second attorney is correct sm
Honestly, here in the Northeast, the courts will not uphold any noncompete clause written in that manner, signed or not signed.

If it affects your ability to make an income and provide for yourself, it will not hold up in a court of law in the great US of A.