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Minimum wage for remote employees - Anon

Posted: Feb 06, 2014

Are employees working from home governed by federal minimum wage laws, or does it vary by state? Or does it not necessarily apply at all? In other words, is an MTSO obligated by law to pay a remote employee the minimum wage for their state, regardless of the number of lines or minutes of dictation produced? I work an 8-hour shift with a 30-minute break, i.e., 1 pm to 9:30 pm and 30 minutes of that is a break. If I can't make the line count minimum, am I guaranteed minimum wage for those 8 hours? What about when an employee is paid per minute of dictation, i.e., a minimum of 120 minutes of dictation daily? How does minimum wage fit into that scenario? Any info is appreciated, thanks!

Hey maybe its time for a change.org petition! - to congress - ya never know!!

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What galls me is the requirement for a 'minimum' number of hours 'availability' via a set schedule but if you have no work/insufficient work you get 'nada' for compensation. Unfair. You have to be available ready to work, but then NOT work with no pay if for whatever reason they have no product to produce.

This particular scenario needs to stop. Either pay a set hourly rate with an incentive for optimum production, or remove the minimum hourly requirements/set schedules, or offer a choice.

Yes - minimum wage required by federal law for ALL hours worked - anon

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As long as one is classified an employee, minimum wage for the state in which the employee lives must be paid. Overtime pay must also be paid for all hours worked in excess of 40 hours per week, or 8 hours/day in some states. That's why the DOL requires that timesheets must be kept by the employee and signed to ensure compliance.

I make less than minimal wage... - Depressed

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...and the company I work for does not make up the difference. I thought they had to. But afraid if I reported them I would lose my job. :(

You're going to lose your job, anyway. - Report them. (n/msg)

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I meant not the same. nm - above poster

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So how does this translate into minimum ... SM - Sam

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hourly wage if were are paid on production... and how does it encompass all the UNPAID work we have to do for them?

If you can't make min. wage, by law they're - required to make up the difference.

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However, as soon as they have to do that, they'll start hassling you about your hourly production. Or, they may try to get you to falsify your time sheet. Don't let that scare you, and just keep doing what you can, the best you can. Don't let them make you quit; make them lay you off.

UNPAID work... - Anon

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How crazy does it make you that doing the insane demographic crap doesn't count as work? Or taking the time to properly research the spelling of a name because the dictator thinks you live in his/her neighborhood and should know how it's spelled? Or the time it takes to correct THEIR negligent errors all shift long, left instead of right, mg instead of mcg or mEq, he instead of she, Lasix 200 instead of 20, etc. etc. etc. And then the dictator calls you a typist, and says, "Typist, please insert this here." Typist? What if I called them a CNA, do you think they would mind?

If you are not making min wage with your production, your - employer should be adding in

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makup pay to bring you to your state's minimum wage if your employee status. The downside is, if they have to add in constantly, they usually won't keep you. The production requirement usually is put in place to force you to the minimum.

They're supposed to... but they don't ... NM - Sam

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Report the creeps to the Labor Board. Also, I - think youre protected by whistleblower laws.

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Minimum wage - Pookbina

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We used to never have to worry about making minimum wage before VR came in. I remember the first time I was informed when I was working for Nuance that I hadn't made minimum wage and the company would have to make it up. I had never heard of such a thing. if they hadn't lower the rates so much for VR this would have never happened to us. I just couldn't believe it, when I first heard about it. They don't like having to make up the pay so eventually your job will be in jeopardy. What a travesty that it has come to something like this, that we have to worry about even receiving minimum wage. it is just SO ridiculous. Due to this, I refuse to do VR and I am hanging in with what straight typing I can get as much as possible.

So, I work for N and mamde $4 an hour last week... - I am drained.

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I give 40 hours of my life a week to this company. I want to make this craziness stop, can't we all get together SOMEHOW and force them to do something!! Can I contact my state Dept of Labor or something? People who can help need to know what is happening to us!

Something we can do..... I hope this works.... - Fading fast

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I don't know if this will work,but I wrote a letter to the Attorney General's office in my state about the mistreatment of employees by this company. I did receive an answer from them stating only that they had received my email and were forwarding it to the proper division. I have not had further communication from them, but this was only about 3 weeks ago. Perhaps if everyone contacted the Attorney General in their state, it might help/work. We need to retain the standing that we are a well-respected, well-paid, dedicated and highly intelligent part of the medical field. We should never have been "demoted" to this ridiculously low level of existence! Write to every government advocate that you can and just maybe we can regain our previous standing as a well-respected, well-paid, intrinsic part of the medical community.

SM - SM

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"Write to every government advocate that you can and just maybe we can regain our previous standing as a well-respected, well-paid, intrinsic part of the medical community. "

Are you delusional? No nevermind, this statement is delusional. Seriously. The field is changing and will NEVER be putting the genie back into the bottle. To even make the above statement is ludicrous and will do more harm to your psyche than good.

I'm curious as to why those of you not making minimum wage are still working for these companies??

We teach people how to treat us and accepting low wages and not leaving is part your responsibility, too. Yes, hold the companies accountable, but accept your REALITY and move on.

SM-SM - Anon

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Accept my reality and move on? Move on where? I'm almost 70 years old, trying to eke out a living and keep my home, listened to my broker once upon a time and now savings are gone with no hope of retirement, nothing but my Social Security check and the "living" I make in this profession. So, tell me again, move on where?

Perhaps writing to a govermenment advocate is not the method you would choose, but I applaud that person for speaking out instead of going like a cow to the slaughter. Everyone fights back in their own way. I haven't figured mine out yet, maybe an open letter to the AMA? Maybe a class action suit? I would write to AHDI if I thought it would do a nickel's worth of good, but they are not about us anymore. They exist only for upper management and the MTSOs. Shame on them.

Minimum wage - pookbina

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If you're an IC though they don't have to pay you minimum wage. Course if you're an employee, that's something that you have to worry about then.

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