I am a recepctionist at a mortgage company, but was originally hired as a Escrow Coordinator. Ive been moved to receptionist position because she left the company and make $8 /hr salary if i am late or leave early that time gets deducted from my pay. if i work longer than 9 hours a day and more than 40/hr a week i get paid for 40/ hrs. i always thought that there was one kind of salary you get paid 40/hrs whether you work all 40/hrs or not. and every paycheck would be the same.
2006-10-17 06:35:27 · 9 answers · asked by michelle w 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
you are a hourly employee so that means just that. You get paid for the time you are there. If you get hired at a salary like 25,000 a year you get the same in every check but if you are late or leave early to often you could get fired
2006-10-17 09:05:17 · answer #1 · answered by Big Daddy R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are being screwed over royally. You as an hourly employee should not be forced to work for more hours than you get paid. It isn't legal. If theyhad hired you for a salary of 320 a week and posted the hours as 50 they could get by with it. But hiring you at 8 bucks an hour is by th ehour and you are due to be paid for every hour you work.
See your State Employment Department and file a complaint. you should be due money. The feds also have a department that handles that as it is a federal law.I would at any rate grab all of th eexperience you can and move on as the other girls did.
YOU would be best to get in school.
There are 3 basic kinds.
Work by the hour as you do.
Work on a peice base(people in garment factories soemtimes do this. the company makes it that was so if they don't work they don't make a salary, and it increases production, and weeds out the lazy. usually it pays more thna just hourly as it gives the employees an incenitve to produce. Some mobile home plants used ot work like that.
Work on salary. this is usually managers, top officers, supervisors, and gives them better benefits such as in retirement, vacation, stock otpions, insurance .
The other is contract labour in which you work on a contract basics. yo are covered by company benefits (sometimes not) and your salary is based on production.
2006-10-17 06:57:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sister there are basic two types of salaries.......hourly and salaried............one you get paid by the hour and over time pay for everything over the agreed upon work week which is usually full time, 40hrs a week. The other is salary pay..regardless of what amount of work you do or the amount of hours you put in you will only get your basic salary. Apparently this is an issue you need to take back to the table and negotiate or at least get a clearer understanding of what you you are working with and whats expected of you. Be more pro-active.l
2006-10-17 06:52:02 · answer #3 · answered by Jaye B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on where you are, Michelle, and what kind of company you work for.
When I owned my own company, I hired a very responsible lady
who reported her hours down to the 15 minute intervals... I told her to charge for an hour no matter what part of an hour she worked.
If you have an exempt salary, you get paid the salary no matter how many hours you work..And at that level, you may often work far more than 40 hours per week.
Nonexempt workers are paid overtime. Hourly workers get paid for the hours they submit on their timecard.d
Look for another job. These guys are treating you like dirt.
2006-10-17 06:47:07 · answer #4 · answered by hls 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds to me like you are an hourly employee, meaning you get paid an hourly rate for the hours you work. However they can not make you work over 40 hours a week and not pay you for it and they should be paying you time and a half or $12 an hour for anything over 40 hours.
2006-10-17 07:46:18 · answer #5 · answered by Allinwiththenuts 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're not being paid a salary, you're being paid hourly. You must be paid overtime for all hours over 40 in a work week.
A receptionist position is not an exempt position. That means you are paid hourly and MUST be paid overtime.
Contact your state labor board if you are not being paid overtime.
2006-10-17 06:52:41 · answer #6 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you call the Labor Commission in your state, they will answer these questions for free over the phone. Each state has different labor laws so I can't really answer your question accurately but, I have used this resource often. It's an easy and free education about labor rules! Good luck!
2006-10-17 06:47:37 · answer #7 · answered by 1truthseeker 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like they are hosing you over. Either they paid you overtime or don't dock you for being late.
Just sounds like a bad company to me.
2006-10-17 07:17:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Listen to hls... he's right on the money!!
2006-10-17 06:56:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋