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> "If your boss doesn't approve that you completed the day's work when you actually did, the money stays in escrow until it gets settled by a court." Boss: "Yo
by jodrellblank 3y ago
> "If your boss doesn't approve that you completed the day's work when you actually did, the money stays in escrow until it gets settled by a court."
Boss: "Your court hearing will be in 2-6 months, you'll need to take time off work to go to court and I'll get the company lawyer to argue our side so you'll need to pay for a lawyer to argue your side. You'll need to risk losing and being lumbered with court costs on top, and extra time and costs for a retrial. Or ... you could stay an extra hour tomorrow and I'll approve today's salary release. What do you say, low-wage labourer?"
- crazygringo 3y agoThat's a separate issue, which is trying to skimp on overtime on an individual basis. My point is regarding companies that simply don't pay for whole weeks' or months' worth of payroll, for whole teams of people, to try to get out of paying wages entirely. Which happens for businesses that hire people for single projects and then let them go (like construction), or businesses that wind up going out of business but where the owner can at least lose less money (common in restaurants, cafes).