Not so.

Posted By: lk on 2008-11-04
In Reply to: Production-paid employees have different laws and regulations. nm - BTDT

Check out this web site for a list of groups exempt from federal wage and hour laws: www.dol.gov/compliance/guide/minwage.htm . It does NOT include production workers as being exempt from these laws, if they are employees. IC status, of course, is totally different. Production workers are entitled to minimum wage, overtime, and paid training time if required by the employer. That is why large companies like MQ and Spheris require that you punch a time clock and pay you overtime, minimum wage, and training time. They are not doing it out of the goodness of their hearts! They are much too large to stay under the radar of the Dept of Labor, and there are big penalties to companies for violating these requirements.

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LAW WITH REGARD TO UNPAID TRAINING, UNPAID WAIT TIME, DOWNTIME, ETC. - Alice
- Yes - - lk
  - Production-paid employees have different laws and regulations. nm - BTDT
    - Would you care to show us where -- sm - TX MT
    - Not so. - lk
      - Flex time - Long time MT
        Yes! - Alice
        DARN TOOTIN'..... SM - TX MT
        Flexing time - lk
    - No offense meant, but how do you know this? Again, I am not s/m - Vote 08

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