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I just got an email through the TTMS email website that my timesheet is late - so ScriptWire has apparently been opened up to submit timesheets now.
What everyone should be worried about aside from MN's departure, is overtime pay being termed as a "bonus." iMedX is now blatantly refusing to pay overtime for anyone who worked when they were begging for help last weekend. I worked my 40 hours and put in more time because they asked, and because I could always use some OT this time of year, only to find out that it was instead a "bonus" being offered. Apparently, the explanation of what the bonus entailed was only sent through the old TTMS email via Outlook. I don't have TTMS email on my PC anymore. I was told to stop using it. So the only notifications I got about working this past weekend through the iMedX email - said absolutely nothing about the pay scale.
People, overtime is overtime. Anything over 40 hours is overtime. It's the law. Look it up. FLSA. And the least a company can pay you is time and a half for ANY overtime. I don't care how iMedX sugarcoats it - if you work more than 40 hours in a week, then it is overtime. THAT'S what everyone needs to be worried about.
They're not done with us yet. There are so many other things payroll and otherwise going on right now with individual employees, me included. Everyone needs to step back and consider if you are going to allow this to happen... again. All it takes is you submitting your claim to FLSA to get the ball rolling. If you worked OT last weekend and found out it was just a "bonus" being offered, then you need to speak up. If you worked last weekend even though you had your 40 hours and you knew it was just a slight bonus being offered... you TOO need to speak up. This is overtime, not a bonus.
These companies won't stop until someone speaks up. You cannot be fired for filing a wage claim. In fact, you are protected. Please stop letting this happen - SPEAK UP!! Those who stand by and do nothing are the reason these things keep happening. If they can get away with it - don't you think they will continue to try to get away with it??
Anyone who is having problems with payroll, OT, FSA, or other benefit issues - I would suggest copying all pertinent emails from the iMedX website and saving them to your PC. I learned 10 years ago that without documentation of these illegal employer practices, you don't have a leg to stand on. Once they shut you out of email - you have no recourse. Just saying.
DG, new the VP of HR has apparently passed the buck on timesheets to our supervisors - and that right there is a scary thought. My supervisor couldn't claw her way out of a paper bag, so trusting her with my timesheet scares the bajeesus out of me.
For those asking about MNs departure, I received the email from HR stating she was gone. I am assuming it was a surprise to MN because just the day prior, she was working on correcting something that was messed up on my paychecks and never eluded to the fact that she wouldn't be around to take care of it the next day. It took me several requests to have this error fixed by DG, long after MN was gone. Personally, DG doesn't seem qualified and is rather evasive and sort of a biotch too.