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Transcend lawsuit - and Amphion - suethemall

Posted: May 12, 2012

Any other Amphion employees out there want to get involved? I already contacted lawyers.

More lawsuits....way to go! - Boosted Mom

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I thank you from all of us, and especially "the grand 13" who were willing to take the plunge!

Exactly, grand they are, the grand 13!!!!! - wheres_my_job

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so exciting. I feel I can finally breathe the air. It's been a long time.

Hear! Hear! - raydonia

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This has been a long time coming. There is no reason at-home MTs can't be afforded the same worker production as on-site employees. Bring 'em down!

If you go to twitter - and search

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I have nicknamed them with the hashtag #Transcend13. Start a twitter movement.
@MT_take_action

lawsuits - anon

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I think it is great that people are taking a stand, but my question is this. If the MTSO is forced to pay minimum wage, can't they just fire anyone who doesn't make enough lines to make minimum wage?

Minimum wage - Millie

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The law is that they must pay whatever minimum wage is in your state. My last job, we were paid a flat rate for the first 6 weeks. They considered it training time even if you were earning more by CPL.

If Nuance could afford $3.1M to buy out Transcend, they can afford to make up the difference while you are learning new accounts.

Long Live the Grand 13!!

Some already have fired those who don't make minimum wage. - Alice

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This would force them to pay for all hours worked, not just those spent with hands on the keyboard.

Medscribe fires MTs not making min wage (in lines) during their first week - Anon

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FACT! Now watch this post get moved to the "Company Board" like every other post about this company.

It would be wiser, more productive for all of us to post to MT-Generated Facebook and/or Twitter account sites, where we won't be censored, and our posts won't be removed, relocated. It's difficult enough to keep open, conistent communication about illegalities and injustices committed by these MTSO's, and the steps we're taking to stop them, without having to deal with an obviously biased group of moderators.

Yes... - it might be just that simple

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If after your training period is over then you still do not make more than minimum wage, then yes, they will have the grounds to let you go.

I think what will be the sticking point is if the company has a very strict schedule that you must work - and whether that can be proved - and if there is no work during that schedule. I haven't read a lot about the lawsuit against Transcend, but I believe it is absolutely illegal for a company to insist that you work a specific schedule and then when there is no work during that schedule, require you to stay on the clock for additional hours to meet your production requirements and yet not compensating you in some way for the extra time. The problem is going to be having enough documentation to prove that.

It's a very murky area since we are essentially piece-meal workers.

Maybe this will solve the overhiring - just me

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Maybe they will stop overhiring if they are held accountable in this lawsuit.

you can join the lawsuit - suethemall

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kevin dolley law firm - you can look it up, contact them by email, phone or fax - remember, you can get info and not have to "commit on the spot" to becoming part of class action suit - you can just get more info, think about it...

Timestamps baby. Timestamps can prove how long - it really took to do those lines.

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Do our computers already have a timestamp feature? - If not, how can we get one? (nm)

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You mean I was not alone there, either? - destinyisntfree

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I was starting to think it was just me.

Nope ... Not Alone - Miserable MT

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I just started with one of those companies, and if I don't quit soon I might head for nearest psych ward where there is no time clock and no QA nonsense. :)

You can contact the lawyer on the Transcend case - suethemall

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they did call me - I'm going to call them back tomorrow or Monday.

Yeah, I think it is about time. - destinyisntfree

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I need to do something, I worked for Transcend, then Nuance, and then Amphion. I actually had my doctor tell me Monday that he thinks my job is literally killing me. I have been flat out ill for several months now, and he wants me at this point to stop working and apply for disability.

Please, please contact the attorney - suethemall

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kevin dolley - you're an MT, you can look up the contact info, I trust :)

Are they interested in talking to MTs who haven't - worked for Transcend?

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Either because they may file suits against multiple companies, or else because they might want information that backs up what the other MTs are saying?

YES, they want to talk to you!!!!! - suethemall

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this isn't a one-company thing - it's to put a stop to industry-wide abuses. PLEASE contact them!!!!!

Great! I sat here all afternoon, and only 2 jobs - came in. I only made about $4.20.

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If I'm going to lose my job for being "below minimum", and lose my apartment for lack of rent money, then I sure as H___ want my company to lose their business license, at the very least.

yes, contact the lawyer - suethemall

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you can email them, tell them about your situation...just find out more info about it all...I hope you WILL contact them....all the best...

what about ICs? Does this include them/us? - anon

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some ICs would like their rights validated, as well. We are ICs, but treated like employees. I know one lady who was threatened for not making her daily line quota as full time with termination. In order to keep her job at all, she was "forced" to go part time, taken off the lucrative accounts she had been doing for 10 years, and put on some very difficult ESL accounts where it was felt she could not make enough money/lines and forced to work every weekened, work a specific schedule, and forced to work days she was supposed to be off, just to be able to "keep her job." So can ICs be included in this lawsuit, as well?

ICs DO have rights too! - suethemall

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not the same as employee, but there are legal standards as far as IC status versus employee that an employer MUST comply with. So yes, do contact the lawyers involved, even if you are an IC!!!!! ICs should get paid for cc's for example, same as employees, etc.

I already have the info to contact him. - destinyisntfree

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I am aware of the law firm, and know others involved in this, so I have the contact information. I will be contacting him tomorrow.

Ex-Amphion - BellaCMT

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I quit Amphion, but it was still during the hourly paid training period; however, I did not make minimum wage at Webmedx...not even close. I have friends there (now Nuance) who are struggling to make ends meet. I couldn't agree more with the deterioration of this profession, our wages, schedules, etc.

I may not have much to offer except my experience at Webmedx, but I will definitely google that law firm and contact them. Thank you!

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