If you ever plan on being a patient, it would be in your best interest to educate yourself on duty hours and working conditions.
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Apple Facing Class Action Lawsuit From 20,000 Employees Over Alleged Labor Code Violations
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If you ever plan on being a patient, it would be in your best interest to educate yourself on duty hours and working conditions.
It is dependent on the manager running the store. I can guarantee that Tim Cook will not stand for this and he will be firing some managers.
They do. That is why I opted out of the bag check bs. How many of those complaining about the bag checks taking 1 min of their time also sat at the computer and lagged with logging out? I was treated well and miss working there.
These suits are driven by class action attorneys that will collect on a large chunk of the money. Most class action suits end up in nominal coupons while attorneys walk away with millions.
As an American citizen, one would think you are smart enough to know that American patients and worthless administrators expect that doctors don't take meal breaks.
I think that the 30 million slaves that still exist are laughing even harder when they read about Foxconn employees having a SALARY and NOT being regularly WHIPPED.
Seriouly, do you think we should all head to the lowest possible common denominator? because that is slavery. Maybe it would be more intelligent trying to make the world better for everyone instead of worsening the conditions of the few people that, after centuries of fighting, got a few human and work rights?
PS: Is it you, Scrooge McDuck?
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Lots more than the $200 per employee settlement
Lawyers will get major. $$$$$$
Employees will get an iTunes gift card for $ 20
This is precisely why we have 57 companies throughout the USA and NONE of them are or ever will be in California. If you think this is bad you should see the state of workman's compensation in California, its even worse.
Theres nothing wrong with a legitimate claim, it happens sometimes in very large companies with a multitude of divisions, but CA is nothing but a shark tank of lawyers and suers....a pathetic social state IMHO. But I do love those coastlines
Theres nothing wrong with a legitimate claim, it happens sometimes in very large companies with a multitude of divisions, but CA is nothing but a shark tank of lawyers and suers....a pathetic social state IMHO. But I do love those coastlines
Working in retail with the general public can be very taxing on one's soul. Those 15 and 30 minute escapes can be what helps a person maintain their sanity.
Companies big and small routinely ignore the labor laws of the state(s) that they operate in. Remember, Walmart used to lock people in the stores until the work was finished, even working off the clock?
It is California state law that you are entitled to certain breaks when you are scheduled for a certain amount of time. Apple should really know better, it being their home state and all.
The state I work in only requires breaks to be given for minors. But the company I work for insists that we take our allotted breaks every work day. Some people will skip them or work through them so they can get done faster. I know it can be tough to get your momentum back after being off the clock for half an hour and having consumed a meal, but it can be done.
It is the sad truth that the lawyers will end up making most of the money in this case. The lead plaintiffs will probably get a bit more than the average member of the settlement class.
Companies big and small routinely ignore the labor laws of the state(s) that they operate in. Remember, Walmart used to lock people in the stores until the work was finished, even working off the clock?
It is California state law that you are entitled to certain breaks when you are scheduled for a certain amount of time. Apple should really know better, it being their home state and all.
The state I work in only requires breaks to be given for minors. But the company I work for insists that we take our allotted breaks every work day. Some people will skip them or work through them so they can get done faster. I know it can be tough to get your momentum back after being off the clock for half an hour and having consumed a meal, but it can be done.
It is the sad truth that the lawyers will end up making most of the money in this case. The lead plaintiffs will probably get a bit more than the average member of the settlement class.
And if this were Samsung or Google, the people that harbor disdain for Apple would shrug and keep scrolling down the front page.
If you're posting here on MacRumors, chances are you're predisposed to either take Apple's side on everything, or give them hell for everything. Though there are a few users that defy those categories, there's not much middle ground.
Yes, in California, this *IS* the law...and the law also PROHIBITS an employee from voluntarily skipping the meal break and, the employee MUST take at least one of the two 15 minute breaks in an 8 hour day.
If you don't get a "true uninterrupted meal break," you must be paid a meal-break penalty of one hour for each 8 hour shift. 2 for a 12 hour shift. How do I know this? I know this because I get paid these penalties EVERY day that I work.
California is VERY protective of its workers, to the extent that it protects me, no matter where I am physically working. If I work in NY, PA, NJ, NV, Arizona (as I have in the past) as a California employee, the provisions still apply. There is only ONE exception to California's labor protections, and that is if the location I am working outside of California would "afford greater protection."
I don't see why everyone is whining about some employees getting their breaks, getting their paychecks or whatever. As far as employees being required to be on-site before their shift for a "bag inspection," those hours, since mandated as required are what California considers "hours worked."
An example of an interrupted meal break, would be a security guard at a gate, who is not provided a "relief" for his meal break. If this guard, must stop eating his lunch to perform duties, no matter how small, like "pushing a button to open a gate, door, etc.., answering the phone," this is a interrupted meal break. This is true, even if he did not actually have to perform duties during the break, the mere fact that he "might" have to do it, is enough.
You guys can try to argue this all that you want. Anybody who says or tries to state otherwise in California is simply wrong.
They have website, and law firms that specialize in exactly that. (though I am not a litigious person)
Check out www.gotmealbreaks.com and www.gotovertime.com
Think about these numbers, I work usually 6 days most weeks, there are 52 weeks in a year... That makes 312 penalty hours (for my example, i'll pretend that I did not work 12 hours in a day.) Take that 312 hours, times YOUR hourly wage and see what you get. Even if you only made minimum wage, (in cali it is $9.00), then you are looking at $2808.00 before takes. After state & federal taxes, that is enough to buy yourself today a 13" Macbook air with retina display including sales tax.
No!
What i'm saying is that china is worse.
Really, read it again as well as the title of this thread. China is worse.
Mind note to myself: never go to a country where the doctor that is treating me, and that could kill me if he makes a mistake, regularly works beyond exhaustion (while asking me to pay hundreds or thousands of USD).
Exactly. And the same goes for airline pilots, air traffic controllers, teachers, firemen, truck drivers...
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It is very hard for me too very sorry that they had to wait 5hrs to get their lunch break. Ask them if they ever had time to check their Facebook account during that 5hr.... Come work in healthcare and you realize 5hrs is sometimes a just a bathroom break. Sometimes work gets busy but in the end it does balance out. Grow up...
Let's not assume noncompliance from a complaint, okay? And insofar as you're insisting on "compliance with the law," that also should extend to the rules governing class certification. Among other things, these plaintiffs are going to have a difficult time demonstrating that the issues they raise are common to all class members.
"Grow up"? Just because you allow yourself to be treated like dogs, that doesn't everyone else should.
I use to work for Apple retail for 5 years and to see a Target employee say "try working for Target during the holidays blah blah blah" is absolutely hysterical. All my old coworkers would simultaneously facepalm after reading what you just typed. One customer at a time? Yeah if you're lucky. Customers not trying to steal? Are you freaking kidding me! There is ABSOLUTELY NO other retail store on the planet that is as hectic and crazy as an Apple Store. Target's holiday season is slower than your average Tuesday evening there, and I'm not exaggerating. Have you ever had to deal with a line of customers that's over 2000 people? I have, but luckily those are actually fun, because the employees and customers are really excited during product launches. But my point is that if you think what you deal with is tough, you would never be able to survive working Apple Retail. And I'm honestly not trying to brag or say "I'm so cool" because I worked for Apple or anything like that, and I'm definitely not trying to say Target itself is inferior because it's not as busy or something stupid like that, as I would go there over the infestation that is Walmart any day, I just simply had to point out the fact of how ridiculous your statement was.
And for the record, I don't agree with this lawsuit or the ex-employees, as I never had a problem taking a break. It was super easy to take your break on time, as it was completely managed by the employee itself. If it was time for your lunch, or a 15 minute break, you just simply finished up with your customer and then walked out and told the lead that you're going on break, and they would say "ok, enjoy". Sure you would get stopped by about 10 customers before getting to the door thats only 30 feet away, but you would just say "I'm sorry I'm on break, ____ can help you". So if these employees were not getting the proper breaks that management forced us to take, then it was their choice and their own damn fault.
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Sounds like grad school
funny how forgetting just one letter completely changes what you were trying to say lol
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Um... They also get the problems fix. So yes it seems like it worth the headache. *DERP*
Last I knew 5 hours was the max allowed by federal law without a break, so unless Californicatia has something more restrictive I dunno what the problem there is.