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Thought on taking $0.03 per line off on - over QA submissions.

Posted: Apr 12, 2010

Don't they still have to pay minimum wage? They can take away that $0.03 per line if we over submit to QA, but don't they still have to pay minimum wage?

Yes, but if you get min wage too often then.. sm - veryveryoldMT

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Yes, they have to pay min wage; but here's the kicker... if u get min wage too often, then u will be performance managed and written up. I got a letter stating MQ had to pay me min wage and it was expected that I meet standard so as not .... Oh my dear Lord, it never ends. But, i don't think the UE office will look too kindly on a company that lets u go because you had to be paid min wage...

But they don't mind us paying our cable line, computer upkeep for - anon

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those who use their own, buying our own books, on and on, so who is taking advantage of whom here? MQ is taking advantage of the MT, also making job as hard as they can by taking away primary, unfamiliar docs, unfamiliar profiles, etc. Hospitals used to get along very nicely without any MTSOs, and still could.

Speaking of cable - shipwrecked

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Comcast is raising the monthly cable charge beginning 05/01.

Remember when MQ paid for our DSL? - Anon

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Then poof, it just went away. I never got a notification or anything. Just gone.

Be sure that you save that letter - mt

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Wow, I've heard a lot of things in the past, but I think that this one takes the cake!!!

And you are right, the UE office will definitely NOT look too kindly upon a company who lets you go (or even puts you under disciplinary action) because they had to pay you minimum wage.

...and print out the email as when you are...sm - nosa

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let go you will no longer have access to your emails.

Minimum wage - sm

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I get min wage quite often and have been "coached" about it. However, I do meet my lines every week, as well as meet the QA% audit requirements. So, they can't fire me for NOT meeting standards and FOR being paid min wage.

According to UE it's illegal for them not to pay min wage and to PM you only for getting it.

Mine actually stems from the fact that my cpl rate is lower per hour than my state's min wage by $1.17. I suppose I could try to get in more lines so my cpl figured out higher, but I don't want to do it. I meet my required lines and unless they change that requirement for all, then I'll just keep on keepin on as I am.

Makes no sense - sm - Confuzzeled

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You think they'd be thrilled to pay us minimum wage! With ASR, which is about 98% of my work, I have to do over 175 lph to beat minimum wage. That doesn't happen often. ASR keeps getting worse, and even though the reports aren't' getting shorter it seems that the line count keeps going down - or is that just me being paranoid?

I too get my lines in and work my hours (when there are jobs), but they've been paying me minimum for quite some time now and I've never heard anything about it. That's just wrong! Of course so is making minimum wage at a job you've been doing for 16 years...

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