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Seeing this post made me flash back to how often wage theft happened to me during holidays as a teenager.

4th of July, New Year's... Didn't even know about time and a half.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Fuck, you Americans are getting ripped off. Here the legal minimum is 2.25x pay for public holidays (Australia)

1.5x? Are ya serious? That's like the lowest tier of overtime. Or sunday penalty rates.

For real, I can't believe people aren't even getting that.

(Illegal underpayment still happening here, aside).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Most industry awards actually make it 250% of base rate.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I guess not retail, which I randomly plucked out to get some numbers. I also thought 2.5x ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Even then, it's by state. Some states have no holiday pay.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I once worked a job where if I was five minutes late or had to leave early the shift before or the shift after a holiday I would forfeit my holiday pay. That's when I learned that holiday pay isn't guaranteed in the states. Never worked another holiday at that job again.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

That's rough .

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Only Rhode island and Massachusetts have it for hourly workers.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

A half of tina is a pretty decent chunk of meth, you probably don't need that much.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Hey, would you like half a Tina?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

I've never gotten Tina and a half... 😔

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

NEVER work holidays for 1.5x pay if all employees gets paid 1x. I learned my lesson as a teen, once you cancel out the 1x from everyone, you're working for half pay. fuck that.

edit: to further explain, many retail places will offer 1.5x pay for those that work, but those that don't work get paid 1x anyway. so you're basically working for half pay once you remove the 1x pay from everyone.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Usually, you'd get your holiday pay at 1x that everyone gets and then you'd get 1.5x for working the holiday.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Exactly, I was confused by their warning because actually working a holiday at whatever rate shouldn't (and in most cases doesn't) make you forfeit any holiday pay benefit that all employees get.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

but if you're going to get regular 1x pay and get a day off, those that work for 1.5x are only working for half pay if you remove the 1x from everyone. take a day off instead and get paid.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Wut?

[–] HappyStarDiaz 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I think they are trying to say people got 1x holiday pay for the day off so if you worked and got 1.5x you only were really getting half time.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Ya where I live you are supposed to get the day with pay and then if you work that day you get 1.5x on top of that for basically 2.5x

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Oooohhh.... Yea. I missed that bit of context I guess lol makes way more sense now.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Who the heck is Tina?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

"It's pernounced TYna. rhymes with vagyna!"

[–] [email protected] 34 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Uhhh

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Huh! Huh! Huh!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

That llama from Napoleon Dynamite?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

tina, eat the FOOD! *fling!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You fat lard!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

I hated this movie when it came out, rewatching it with my 10 year old was fucking hilarious. he was in tears at Tina's part.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Older daughter from Bob's Burger's

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago

Autocorrect typo for “time”.

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