KatyaR wrote:Nunubit wrote:Walmart tends to discourage that stuff, and takes advantage of the fact that many workers don't know their rights. My friend should have done something sooner, yes, but he is 20 and noone told him he was legally able to. My father was the one that told him.
And yes, I know that companies are required by law to do so, but Walmart- blah, trying to explain this is just making me depressed, nevermind. Ignore the yay since apparently it isn't actually yay worthy.
Sure it is, he's finally gotten what he should have. And now he knows his rights. Good for him!
(and your dad)
Exactly this! Definitely yay-worthy!
And yes, Wal-Mart is notorious for taking advantage of their employees. I used to hear horror stories from friends that worked there, saying that they would work double-shifts and stand for eight hours without a break. I don't know about other states, but in Florida, it's illegal to work more than five hours with at least one unpaid 30 minute break. After 6 hours, it's an unpaid 30, and a paid 15. After 8 hours, it's an unpaid 30, and 2 paid 15's, and after ten, it's 2 unpaid 30's and 2 paid 15's. I have to know this stuff myself, as I already work in management (and in fact, I'd gotten in trouble for not taking my own 30 minute lunch just because I didn't need to)
