Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Can My Boss Dock My Pay For Mistakes?

Can My Boss Dock My Pay For Mistakes?

If you have an accident or cash shortage, can your employer take it from your pay?


Jobs readers have lots of questions about employers who dock pay for mistakes or accidents. Here are two of them:
Hello, I work in Las Vegas, NV, and I'm trying to find out if my employer can make me pay out of pocket for a food mistake. I'm a food server and they're saying they have every right to make us pay. I understand if they have to reprimand us but making us pay for the mistake is not right! I've looked everywhere online and tried to look on the Nevada Labor board website and I can't find anything. I just see message boards some say yes and some saying no. I hope you can clear this up for me. For any reason if it is illegal what they are doing, how would one go about getting this resolved? Hope you can help.
And:
I have been with my employer almost 5 years. My employer has implemented a new policy that "fines" us if we make errors or if a piece of equipment is damaged, where we are assessed the cost of repair/replacement. We aren't told what was wrong or what we supposedly did and the money is simply deducted from our checks without explanation. It apparently is assumed that any such equipment problems is our fault, not simply a wear or software issue.
It appears to me that we are being taken advantage of, but I called the Dept. of Labor's local Wage & Hour office, since Alabama has no Wage & Hour division, and was told the employer could pretty much do as he pleased so long as he didn't pay below minimum wage.

Any suggestions?

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Companies Hiring in January 2015

Companies Hiring in January -  Apply now for a great job in 2015:


At the start of each year, there is always a lot of talk about making resolutions. While some people are on board with this notion, many others refuse to make them since they're always so hard to keep. But if you're determined to get a new job in 2015, that's one resolution we can help you see through.

Here are 20 companies hiring throughout January. If any of the jobs are a fit, go ahead and apply, and maybe you'll become a believer in New Year's resolutions after all.

Industry: Transportation
Sample job titles: Over the road truck driver
Location: Morris, Ill.; Columbus, Ohio; Highlands, Texas

Industry: Financial 
Sample job titles: Collection representative, customer service representative, financial analyst, coordinator 
Location: Coeur D'Alene, Idaho; Columbus, Ohio; Westminster, Colo.; Rio Rancho, N.M.; Lenexa, Kan.

Industry: Information technology and services
Sample job titles: Global account manager, big data engineer, software engineer – C ++, software engineer – Java, QA engineer
Location: Boston, Miami, Dallas

Industry: Hospitality
Sample job titles: Vice president of sales, director of sales, call center agent, vacation counselor, call center supervisor, telesales professional, marketing concierge, learning and development manager, regional reporting analyst
Location: Nevada, California, Arizona, Hawaii, Florida, Missouri, Virginia

5. DTZ
Industry: Facility management, commercial real estate
Sample job titles: Facility manager, finance manager, vice president of business development, energy manager, HVAC technician
Location: Chicago, Dallas, Atlanta, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, New York City

Industry: Energy
Sample job titles: Engineer, first line supervisor, analyst IT, financial analyst, senior analyst power pricing, business analyst, operations training instructor
Location: Illinois, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, Texas, New York

Industry: Media, e-commerce
Sample job titles: Web developer, digital marketing manager, magazine editor
Location: Nationwide

Industry: Health care
Sample job titles: Registered nurse, certified nursing assistant, medical assistant
Location: Arizona, Utah, Texas, Louisiana, Arizona, Colorado

Industry: Accounting
Sample job titles: Tax preparer, guerilla marketer, insurance sales agent, waver – entry level street advertising performer
Location: Nationwide

Industry: Nonprofit business association
Sample job titles: Outside sales representative – business development, B2B sales, telephone sales representative
Location: Nationwide

Industry: Health care
Sample job titles: Registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, CNA, RN unit manager, dietary aide, nursing home administrator, regional Medicare specialist
Location: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Vermont

12. Navistar 
Industry: Automotive/motor vehicles/parts
Sample job titles: Engineering, management, IT, accounting sales, finance, manufacturing, skilled labor and trades, customer service
Location: Illinois, Oklahoma, Ohio, Georgia, Wisconsin, Alabama

Industry: Paint coatings/manufacturing
Sample job titles: QC manager, business development manager, manufacturing engineer
Location: Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Ohio

Industry: Health care
Sample job titles: Representative - phlebotomy services, representative - route service III, technician - specimen, assistant - lab II, lab technician
Location: Nationwide

15. Schneider
Industry: Transportation
Sample job titles: Owner operator, dedicated truck driver, team driver, truck driver, regional intermodal, OTR truck driver
Location: Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Texas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Kentucky

Industry: Food service
Sample job titles: Team member, restaurant manager, real estate manager
Location: Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Georgia

Industry: Manufacturing 
Sample job titles: R&D test engineer, supply chain systems planner, production supervisor, project engineer, maintenance systems engineer, industrial electrician, cost accountant, process engineer, maintenance tech
Location: Arkansas, Iowa, Kentucky, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas

18. ULINE 
Industry: Shipping and packaging
Sample job titles: Customer service, distribution manager, director of talent acquisition, inside sales, IT, marketing, recruiter, supply chain, warehouse
Location: Nationwide

Industry: Wholesale distribution
Sample job titles: Business development manager, material handler, driver, accounting manager, collection specialist, intern, business consultant, journeyman electrician, paralegal, risk analyst
Location: Wisconsin, Texas, New York, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas

Industry: Verizon Wireless retailer
Sample job titles: Wireless sales consultant, wireless assistant store manager, wireless store manager, wireless district manager
Location: Nationwide


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