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I finally walked out of a shift at a diner in Austin because of how they treated the dishwashers
The owner yelled at a kid for dropping a plate and then made him stay an extra hour unpaid to scrub grease traps, has anyone else seen managers take advantage of the youngest workers like that?
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quinn5822d ago
It's like some people see a young worker and just automatically think they can treat them like dirt. That whole extra hour unpaid thing is basically just modern day bullying with a paycheck.
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The whole "unpaid extra hour" thing is actually illegal under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which covers most restaurant workers, including dishwashers. I used to think that only applied to hourly wage theft if it was regular, but no, even one hour of forced unpaid work is a violation. That owner is on thin ice because the Department of Labor takes that seriously (especially with minors involved). The kid should file a wage claim with the Texas Workforce Commission, honestly, it's free and they don't need a lawyer for it. It's messed up how that industry treats the youngest staff, but there are actual laws that can bite back.
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