Simple question regarding "exciting" changes to wage theft/pay plan.

The labor department has agreed to share information with the IRS concerning businesses that cheat workers out of wages by misclassifying their employment status: "The information will help Labor officials target businesses that improperly label workers as independent contractors or as non-employees to deprive workers of minimum wage and overtime pay. Misclassifying workers also lets companies avoid paying workers compensation, unemployment insurance and federal taxes." Link: http:/ ...

I am an ex Nuance employee, now retired. The 186 line minimum never made sense to me as for MUP it is not the line count that matters so much, it is where you live and what the minimum wage is in your state. I guess in a state with no minimum wage or a low one, they want the lines done to be at least 186. The minimum wage in my state is high and it made a huge difference if I got straight typing or VR, but towards the end I was getting 99.99% VR and so it was difficult to get t ...

Read literature here. http://wagetheft.org/wordpress/?page_id=1511 I think that these companies which lie, manipulate, false advertise their positions, cheat, pay less than minimum wage, and classify you all as ICs when in fact they require set hours, days, 'require' a weekend day, etc. are committing wage theft for sure. How can they 'require' anything if you are an independent contractor, yet they blatantly advertise IC position with a Tues-Sat or Sun-Thurs schedule. ...

I read this excellent article this morning (see link below) and these few paragraphs struck me: In essence, the quotes (with their owners below the ____): “The reason there is so much wage theft is many employers think there is little chance of getting caught.” “My agency has found more wages being stolen from workers in California than any time in history. This has spread to multiple industries across many sectors. It’s affected not just minimum-wage workers, but also m ...

This is all you get at the Federal level: "No deduction may be made from an employee's wages which would reduce the employee's earnings below the required minimum wage or overtime compensation." You have to look to see what your state says about it to see if docking pay for mistakes comes under wage theft. As we know, they will give you MUP if you fall below minimum wage, so they have covered themselves on that, unless your state says differently. ...

I read with interest the article contained in the post on the main board because it occurred to me that this is the only industry I know where as an employee, for most companies today, Nuance not excepted, you accept a job and then you, the employee, provide your own equipment, you pay the expense to have your computer repaired and when it is down you are not paid for the downtime, you pay your ISP internet charges (which can be costly if you are running extra turbo charged service to meet minim ...

to announce it by now. Rather, it's end of year, they are frantically trying to hire new MLS who don't know any better and will be locked into the crappy exciting compensation plan while there is the expected stampede for the door. Can't get any lower than that. I wonder how much they paid a committee or team to think up this plan. ...

This means 65% will see decrease and/or paid minimum wage. They are touting this as the great new comp (local Burger King is advertising job for $10/hour). Anyone find out if the QC percentage is just for blanks or include all sent to QA including Audio issues, etc, and will EQA be included. Also, trying to figure out our pay from week to week is going to be a pain. I am going to see how this new comp plan works out, but since the conference call, I'm not feeling pos ...

One of the LA news stations is going to have a special on Monday on an investigation they did into Medical ID theft. The previews show people using your insurance for multiple procedures. If they have a link to the story I will post it. ...

Since when do we have to initial for EVERY report that went to QC for review? How hard would it be to let us know, hey, next time you open Fiesa, you are going to get such notice and you must review all of the reports--even if they scored over 99%.....Nope, figure it out on your own. The reason the reports go to review, many more times than not, is because it is a crappy dictator, HORRIBLE sound quality, so quiet I cannot turn up the volume anymore, or just plain did not make any sense, so show ...

Did any of you on the Ambulatory side get the e-mail this morning about the exciting new changes? What is your take on it? I, for one, am not "excited" - but more like horrified. ...

Hey MTs who work for Nuts, In my opinion, with the system being down and Nuts hurting to get the work back to their clients, and Christmas almost here, what a GREAT TIME to say: "I have some EXCITING NEWS! Here is my resignation, effective immediately! MERRY CHRISTMAS!" Think of the impact if MTs joined this bandwagon!!! Who cares, let Nuts send the work to India. See what happens! ...

Too bad we can't just type our way to $16, $17, and upwards of $20 per hour anymore. Shoot, with the amount of work available, I guess I should consider myself lucky to even get MINIMUM WAGE. (Wish I was)! ...

Well, now I am equating "exciting" with doom and gloom. First they knocked the pegs out of under me (us) and sold the company to Nuance. Now the account that I was told would probably NEVER go to speech recognition, is doing just that. I feel like I've been kicked in the stomach. Don't know how much longer I will ride this wave. Lord come quickly. ...

Why is the most important factor in this (compensation rates) such a big secret? Why the silence. Why are TSMs not allowed to discuss or explain? How can you view this as exciting? It may be exciting for those at the top as they anticipate plan for increased bonuses and more exotic vacations. I can assure you, it's not viewed as exciting to those of use actually doing the work so that you may continue to live the lives you've become accustomed to. It's just so disheartening ...

There was an article in the most recent issue of AARP bulletin entitled "Not What the Doctor Ordered"; (which I received through snail mail); it touched very lightly on medical identity theft and suggested patients purchase copies of their medical records from their doctors, as well as ask for a list a benefits paid in one's name and an "accounting of disclosures" which "shows who got your medical records". IMO, that's merely the tip of the iceberg! So I sent a l ...

s/l doc is saying sub bladder? I just never heard this term. I know there is "suburethral" just never heard "subbladder". The entire sentense is... Cystoscope was then reintroduced, entire urethra was then examined, as was the posterior "subbladder" neck and bladder. Thank you in advance. ...

My hospital outsourced the entire MT dept to MM. Applied for TAA. Looks like MM supplied the investigator with information that says American MT's are doing the work and not offshore...sooo, we may not get TAA. Also, I've read about lay-offs on this site but yet they advertise in the state where I live and surroundings states. I'm in the NW. How can they get away with lay-offs and then have job ads? ...

but I can't figure it out. This is an UC report for an 11-yo with a sore throat. NECK: Supple with enlarged s/l "heneroadenopathy" bilaterally. ...

Should "living will" be capitalized or not???? Is it eardrops or ear drops and eyedrops or eye drops??? ...

What voice recognition platform does Medquist use? Thanks in advance. ...

When a doctor dictates something like "times several days", how do you type it? I type it just as I wrote it in my question, but I was just wondering if there is a better way. ...

Can I turn Shorthand off on my browser? I currently use Firefox. ...

Let us say it's April 1st. You're not going anywhere. You're planning on working and you report as scheduled throughout the pay period. How many of you can predict, let's say within 5%, what you'll make during the pay period with everything taken into consideration? ...

After losing an employee status job due to healthcare reform anticipated cuts, I am considering going back to IC status. Just to keep things super simple, as a baseline would appreciate hearing what ICs are making yearly who work a 40 hour a week. ...

Just signed up for SimpleDictation. Has anyone used the software before. It used to be called MedPen/MPWord? ...

I am with a small office and we stilll use tapes. Anyone have recommendations of a simple, economical digital transcription system that works good for you. Thanks! ...

I hope this is the right board to ask this quick question! If not, please re-direct me. A friend of mine has a genealogy business, and does Q & A sessions with people (usually elderly, but some not) about their lives, their family history. She will be needing these interviews transcribed (simple format). Each interview is about 5 minutes of dictation time, and they're digital files that she will e-mail to me, and I'll e-mail them back. No printing invo ...

Actually, I guess I have 2 questions. What is the production minimum for editing? What is your average production in lines per hour with editing? I know the latter question carries a lot of variables, and I will take those into consideration. But I would like to know how you all actually do production wise. Please, no inflations just honest answers concerning your average. A simple 250 or 325 or whatever would suffice. If you can elaborate further or ...

Simple question regarding "exciting" changes to wage theft/pay plan. - sm

"Exciting" changes NEVER help the MT. - Its all about their own obscene profits.

Only ones it helps ... Icahn and investors. Surely your question - was rhetorical? nm

No, not rhetorical. I was serious. - sm

Oh, sorry, you'll likely have to ask the utter geniuses that seem - to thrive on matrices.

Exciting Changes - SoFedUp2

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