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Labor board or lawyer - XAX

Posted: Dec 03, 2014

in all seriousness, can this be done legally? what about the state minimum wage...

the Labor Board should be notified or a lawyer to make sure this is legal.

They have minimum wage guarantee. - AnotherAnon

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You cannot make less than your state's minimum wage. They "have" to pay you MUP just to keep everything legal.

Yes, MUP but if you get MUP - for too many paychecks

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I think you're in big trouble. Just like now, MUP is the big NO-NO. They don't want to pay for nothing.

I just quit - two (different) part time jobs

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Because of this minimum line count to minimum wage ratio NONSENSE. Yes one job was with nuance so I am on the right board :)

NO WAY am I, with over 20 years of experience as an MT, going to be pressured into producing a ridiculous minimum number of lines at 99% accuracy and points off for too many blanks (need for QA) ALL AT lower and lower pay. Let me ask the board this: Does anyone think the CLIENTS of Nuance are getting break on fees because of lower and lower pay to employees?

This all smacks to me of modern slavery. And, while I am grateful to live and work in this country (nothing is guaranteed in life) I an opting out!

Apparently, there is an UNENDING TRAIL of highly qualified MTs, high producers, with near-perfect accuracy that these mega corps can AFFORD TO PUSH so many MTs out.

Here's what really galls me: the quality of dictation does not improve whether because of really bad ESLs or bad voice recognition but that is the LAST thing corporations want to try to fix (there will be no pressuring of the hospital clients with regard to quality of dictation).

Maybe the next generation of MTs will do just fine in the new world of MT-ing - after all they are coming IN TO THE FIELD with low pay and high demands, so this is the norm for the new generation. I wish them well :)

And for the record I don't think the Nuances out there are evil per se - after all they are providing a service AND providing employment. I just think their work model is very MYOPIC!

Now where did I put that vodka? (hee hee)

If they've cut the number of counted VR lines - in half, then theyve halved the pay.

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I'm sorry, but a fifty percent cut in pay is totally UNACCEPTABLE.

The pay for VR wasn't cut in half. It is already half - wannie

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of what straight transcription pay is (at least for me). On the new plan, while they will cut the number of counted VR lines by half, they will also be paying the same amount for typed versus edited lines then. 500 lines at 3.5 cpl calculates to the same pay as 250 lines at 7 cpl.

Spheris - Ring a bell? - mtingsucks

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Does Nuance remind anyone else of Spheris...big bucks for the head honchos..and then nothing for the rest of us...What goes up, must come down and growing this fast, becoming a number and working employees as hard as they can to keep bringing in money for their pockets...guess what - did not work for Spheris either when they took over Edix...I don't think it will work for Nuance either!

I sounds to me like that's how they'll be able to - get away with firing people - sm

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without having to pay Unemployment. HOWEVER, I don't think they've thought this one through. I'd start off with the Labor Board, but maybe a class-action lawsuit for fraudulent pay practices will be in order.

They clearly put the min wage blurb in there - to cover their butts and that

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right there tells you they anticipate issues with this pay plan.

But they can't legally expect to offer MUP, - then penalize those who receive it!

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What the heck is wrong with these people?

my kid is an employment attorney - sm

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My daughter is an attorney specializing in employment law. She is looking into many things happening right now for me. Pls don't email; I won't respond. No way I am risking giving away who this is but I promise to keep you posted if she finds any legal avenues Nuance employees can pursue. How ironic - MT USED to be a good job, good enough pay for me to put my kid through college! Now I don't think I could afford to send her to high school!

Labor board or lawyer - I'd call BOTH. - nmsg

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