My question involves labor and employment law for the state of: Connecticut
Hi, guys. I've got one here for you.
I work for a company, and have been noticing something odd about my paychecks, especially when it came to overtime, among other things. After some careful research and calculations, I have discovered issues.
First, let me state that there is also a Collective Bargaining agreement in place.
First and foremost, this agreement states that on specified holidays (and there is a list) any time worked on such days is paid at 1.5 times the hourly rate.
I have found that this is not being done.
All holidays are calculated at normal hourly rate.
And if it stopped there, it would be simple enough, but it doesn't. Wondering what else could be wrong, I carefully reviewed EVERYTHING pertaining to my compensation.
I discovered a number of things.
Including but not limited to:
Sick/PTO being debited from the time bank where it was not requested, and there is no payout for it. It just "disappeared" from one period to the next. (although the manual edits removing it are visible)
Overtime being calculated at a rate less than 1.5 times base pay (more like 1.45 times base pay - small, but it adds up)
Hours clocked in the system being manually edited and removed - an hour here, 2 hours there. A little bit at a time, but it adds up. For example, work overtime 3 days in a week, 2 8 hour days plus 3 10 hour days, totaling 46 hours, someone manually edits and changes that to 44 or 45 hours, only taking an hour or 2 off of one day.
Hardly noticeable in end pay, and truthfully, almost no one looks at their stubs these days.
Overtime not being paid for time in excess of 40 hours. Work 48 hours (reported on stub, may not be accurate due to above mentioned issues) and get paid 1.5 times base rate for only 4 of the extra 8.
Plus other little things. All almost imperceptible, almost unnoticeable, but there.
Now, here's the thing. It's not just me. This issue appears to be system wide. Of the checked and verified reporting, of different employees, the occurrence rate is 100%.
(computerized system, easy to check and verify)
Every issue affects everyone.
To make it worse, it goes back years.
To the tune of 1000's of employees at millions per year.
It has taken many long months to piece it together, and the rabbit hole went much deeper than I thought. The question is, what the heck do I do?
There is more, as well as relevant details that would greatly impact this further, but for the time being, you gotta start somewhere.
It's not just about me anymore.
What is the next step?

