Survey Says: We aren't happy! Ha! Didn't have to do a survey to have that conveyed....
Let's dig back a bit. We apparently have people that have to use their own vehicles to go back and forth between campuses to perform their jobs---yet have to clock out. One would think that they would only have to change their department in the time clock to be covered--and paid, but nooooo, you're on your own. I missed a comment and thought I'd bring it to light.
I've been there and done this one. Yes they do pay you milage--no it's not enough milage, I can't remember what they said it was, but it took me 4 miles , and they paid me for i'm thinking 2.2 of them.Wonder if a supervisor, having to get supplies or whatever downtown or at the other campus, would punch out and punch in when they got back??? Where are those cameras over the time clocks when you need them? I don't seem to remember that my job requirements included having a car and driver's license....
No I couldn't use the company car, because I may go home from that location,and yes you do have to clock out between places.
No one had an accident that I knew of, but technically you were off the clock between the two, and we all know what technically means if their ass is on the line.
If you didn't clock out, you could be fired to clock back in at your next location, you could be terminated.
Is it fair? No. Is it reality? Yes.
Let me put in my suggestion: Pay the people while they are in transit.....frank
badges?? We don't need no stinkin' badges....
P.S. The guy on the left is an engineer at Kronos.....
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It funny this should come up. When I worked at PRMC we had to go back and forth between campuses, sometimes multiple times a day, using our own vehicle. We wern't required to clock out but we didn't get mileage. They should atleast pay mileage for people that have legitimate reasons to go back and forth between campuses.
Check out the federal minimum wage and hour laws. Employees do not need to check out or in as long as they are on official hospital business.
Long ago, a hospital in Abilene, TX directed their call-back techs to stay in the hospital and to stay "off the clock" until called.
Eventually these On-Call techs, filed a class action suit againist the hospital and won their case. The hospiital was required to back pay several thousand dollars to all those techs for the hours they slept in the hospital. Lesson learned...keep a log of all the miles and hours while out of the hospital "on hospital business". The Minimum Wage and Hour boys can help you win your case too.
I don't really know if this is the place to post this comment, but it is in keeping with some of the duties, etc.
I have noticed on the PRMC job search that several of the positions require duties that, in my opinion, don't really go together. I understand that one needs to be flexible and occasionally do cross-over with some duties, but what is the deal with the registration clerks?
This is a job that I would think would certainly require computer literacy, experience with certain forms, etc. But, why are they requiring them to draw blood and do EKG's? Don't they have techs/phlebotomists to do this?
Read some of the job listings and see other examples how the hospital is trying to save money by not hiring enough people to do the jobs. Just my opinion/observation.
I believe the brain trust at Essent wants to have the employees clock in and out to reduce their liability in case of an accident. It's not about the 15 minutes to drive from place to place.
If an employee was going from one location to another and had an accident, it would be their problem and not Essent's because they were off the clock and it would be them and their insurance carrier who took the hit. Additionally, if it was the employees fault (the accident), Essent is still off the hook. Also, If the employee was injured, no workers comp and some ambulance chaser couldn't go after the "deep pockets" in a civil suit.
It's a win-win situation for the corporation.
Actually, if it is a condition of employment, they are on the hook with a good attorney. Even without it being specified, with their making employees jump through hoops with insurance, and not having transportation available, their intent was probably clear enough to pursue.
The Federal Wage and Hour Laws are specific about moving from work site to work site...the employee is on official business and must be paid while traveling between work sites. The Federal Wage and Hour people are wise to E$$ents and other companies on designing anti-employee policies. Thats why the Wage and Hour Department was created.
You have two years to bring your complaint to the Wage and Hour folks. They seem to have a way of getting policies and procedures re-written in 30 days or less.
If the employee is on company business, he must be paid. If he is on company business and not being paid, he is, in effect volunteering for the company for which he works, which, according to my understanding, is against the law.
In other words, if you're doing work for the company that employs you, you must be paid for it.
Look for the union label...
Go here to find out that employees are to be paid for travel between assignments.
http://www.dol.gov/esa/regs/compliance/whd/whdfs22.htm
Travel That is All in the Day's Work: Time spent by an employee in travel as part of his/her principal activity, such as travel from job site to job site during the workday, is work time and must be counted as hours worked
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