[Jewelry making - Article 00445] - Re: [Orchid] Employment in the Metal arts/Jewelery Field

[Lee]

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    If you are working 8 to 18 hours per week that should be overtime at
    1 1/2 time or more, I seriously doubt that any bonus they give you
    makes up for the lost wages. For it to be a 'bonus', it has to be the
    amount OVER what they are legally required to pay you. Also, for your
    own information, if an important part of your job is performing
    labor, such as you personally doing jewelry repair, instead of
    actively managing the work of others, your position is considered to
    be non-exempt by the federal government, and is REQUIRED to be paid
    overtime for any hours over 40 per week. 

    Are you only shorted the overtime pay differential, (in other words,
    do you get paid straight time per hour for every hour you work,
    instead of EXTRA PER HOUR overtime for the hours over 40), or are you
    on a salary that only pays you for your 40 hours per week and the
    rest is free labor for Sterling? Either way, unless your job is far
    more than 50% managerial, you are being shorted a LOT of money, and
    Sterling is breaking US labor law. 

    Lee Cornelius - whose wife happens to be the Director of Human
    Resources for a large health care organization. 

Vegas Jewelers
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