Contest Hangman play to win BIG points!

[Lanascountry]

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_ _ _ _/, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

150 points to the winner!!

Letters called: S

[rnrgiftsnmore]

So I will start off this game. May I have an S, please?

[Lanascountry]

Thank YOU for starting the game, Rozzie!! :D
GOOD letter!

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_ _ _ s_/_ _ _/_ _ _/, _ _./ _ _ _ s_/_ _ _/_ _ _/_ _/

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150 points to the winner!!

Letters called: S

[sniperace66]

may i have a "T"

[Lanascountry]

GOOD to see you, Ace! :D
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T_ _s_/_ _ _/_ _ _/, _ _./T_ _ s_/_ _ _/_ _ _/_ _/

_ _ _ _/, _ _ _ _ _ t_ _ _.

150 points to the winner!!

Letters called: S,T

[sniperace66]

Hello Lana
iam never here to solve these always seemed to be solved when iam at work :D :)

[Lanascountry]

Well folks, I thought you would have some more letters for me.. I gotta get out of here pretty
quick as I have to work AM..see yal tomorrow!@ :)

[katandron1]

The letter M please lana

[Lanascountry]

Hey kat..one more :D
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T_ _s_/_ _ _/_ _ _/, _ _./T_ _ s_/_ _ _/_ _ _/_ _/

m_ _ _/, _ _ _ _ _ t_ _ _.

150 points to the winner!!

Letters called: M,S,T

[rnrgiftsnmore]

Morning,
May I have an R, please?

[katandron1]

All I got was 1 m???? LOL doesn't hardly seem worth it.

How about an L then lana.

[Lanascountry]

See yal later! :D
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T_ _s_/_ _ _/_ _ _/, _ _./T_ _ s_/_ _ _/_ _ _/_ _/

m_ r_/, _ _ l_ _ t_ _ r.

150 points to the winner!!

Letters called: L,M,R,S,T

[katandron1]

An O please Lana

[Lanascountry]

GREAT one Kat!!
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T_os_/_ _o/_ _ _/,_o./T_os_/_ _o/_ _ _/_o/

mor_/, _ol_ _ t_ _ r.

150 points to the winner!!

Letters called: L,M,O,R,S,T

[rnrgiftsnmore]

May I have an H, please.

Welcome back Lana, hope your day was a good one!

[Lanascountry]

They seem to think if they put you on slightly less hours, you
don't need breaks!! :confused: (Is that legal)?
(hint..vowel) :D

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Thos_/_ _o/_ _ _/,_o./Thos_/_ _o/_ _ _/_o/

mor_/, _ol_ _t_ _ r.

150 points to the winner!!

Letters called: H,L,M,O,R,S,T

[rnrgiftsnmore]

May I have an N, please.

Lana, sure do know about the not enough breaks!

[Lanascountry]

They seem to think if they put you on slightly less hours, you
don't need breaks!! :confused: (Is that legal)?
(hint..vowel) :D

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Thos_/_ _o/_ _n/,_o./Thos_/_ _o/_ _n/_o/

mor_/,_ol_ nt_ _ r.

150 points to the winner!!

Letters called: H,L,M,N,O,R,S,T

[katandron1]

The E please Lana.

[Lanascountry]

GOOD one Kat..Missed you!! I know it was me not here!:)
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Those/_ _o/_ _n/,_o./Those/_ _o/_ _n/_o/

more/,_ol_nteer.

150 points to the winner!!

Letters called: E,H,L,M,N,O,R,S,T

[katandron1]

The W Lana.
I'm here all the time, cept don't look for me this weekend.

[Lanascountry]

I will NEVER be here all the time..Hope you have a super W.E.!! :D

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Those/who/_ _n/,_o./Those/who/_ _n/_o/

more/,_ol_nteer.

150 points to the winner!!

Letters called: E,H,L,M,N,O,R,S,T,W

[mj-trading]

Lana! there is some kind of law i believe about every 2 hours!
Go to http://www.dol.gov/ and check on it there!

[Lanascountry]

I think you are correct, John..It is being done in retail all over the nation.. When you ARE a
key person they want you THERE..making them $$ :( I have done it ALL my working career
except for 5 years in nursing..(hurt my back then)!
Also..unless you unionize..you will lose your job if you really make a issue..I got one short
break in 6 hours..:rolleyes: I retire in 3-4 more years so TRYING to hang-on.

Hey My friend..easy game give me a letter!! :D

[mj-trading]

I just welcome Elvis to the community!

[mj-trading]

A
Lana

[Lanascountry]

I know...:rolleyes: I went to that site and gonna go read it more..it says the Gov. does NOT
require employer to give you any but a lunch break! :(Aghhh ..no wonder they get away with 'stuff'..:eek:
I think state laws vary..hope so..:)

[Lanascountry]

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Those/who/_an/,_o./Those/who/_an/_o/

more/,_ol_nteer.

150 points to the winner!!

Letters called: A,E,H,L,M,N,O,R,S,T,W

[mj-trading]

Well we found out the other day that an employer does not have to pay overtime on Saturdays even if you have your 40 hours in!

[Lanascountry]

Gracious..all tha way from GRACELAND?? :eek:

[mj-trading]

Lana! Go to your state home page and under internal revenue look at wage law there for the state!

KAT! See i had to say HI First Again!:(

[starbase38]

Those who can, do those who can do more, volunteer.

[Lanascountry]

Gosh..seems like we are all retail around here!! hummmm..No Sat. OT even over
40 H:mad:..that is a new one, and I thought I had heard it all..Ask Myra has she ever heard
of a 10 mins br with 6 hours on duty>?? n:eek:

[Lanascountry]

LOL, look at that Star come in here and solve it!! How cool is that!
I will get a new one up and a point award to you Star!! :D WOW!

[mj-trading]

Myra was working 6 days a week and didn't get overtime for sat! So i looked it up at our state internal revenue page and that's what it said!

[mj-trading]

Is Star the one that said the other day they are never here to solve it?

[starbase38]

No, Star is the one that said that Lana makes these contests too hard!!!! but I finally got one.

Guys, I still don't know what to do with these points. Do they take them at the S and H Green Stamps store? ----- OOOps, I just dated myself.

SB

[mj-trading]

Talk Later as i have to kick my feet up for a while! Been updating prices and pic's at 3 stores today and still not done! If you talk live to admin Lana, see how the WAM is coming!

Thanks:D

[mj-trading]

I tried to trade them in at Walmart and they kicked me out the door!:rolleyes:

[Lanascountry]

John..Did they SAY they did not have to?? I am really surprised they can do THAT! (so sorry too!)
She has every right to be FURIOUS! :confused:
John.. I took early retirement from Sears Roebuck & co and now work for another humm..umm
very famous retailer, and man..I have NEVER heard of that..!! Both places always gave OT if you worked
it..that is awful! :(

[mj-trading]

Star if you go under your CP on the top of page there is a contest and lottery under WB Exchange you can use some there! Later Admin is going to get Prises to trade in our points!

[Lanascountry]

Hey John..That was Ace says he can never win..like me he works too much!! :D
I KNOW he can cause he is smart!! :D

[mj-trading]

Yes it said more or less that the employer didn't have to if they don't want! A good employer would!

[Lanascountry]

Like WM?? :D

[Lanascountry]

BTW, WM has been told on THIS before..:rolleyes:

[Lanascountry]

Man..If a person signs on to work 40 and they work 45 they are supposed to get
40 Reg. time and 5 hrs time and a half..that just stinks ..tell Myra I said that is awful! :(

[Lanascountry]

Guys I will get us a new hangman up late tonight or maybe tomorrow..Yal do good at them.:D

[mj-trading]

During a reg work week they have to pay overtime! Mon thru Fri

[Lanascountry]

I know..thats what I mean..and you know they value her work and then not
pay right..that makes me so angry..The workers of America are getting hurt
every which way.. (times really hard too) :confused:

[mj-trading]

She just started with this outfit about a month or so ago and everyone there said they use too pay overtime on sat but a new Supervisor was hired and he decided to save the Company money!

[mj-trading]

We'll i got to take a break for a while as all that updating today got me!

[sniperace66]

Its the law !! thay have to pay time and a half
for any hours worked over 40 hrs i suggest you push this issue thay will have
to pay her for any o.t she worked in the past.

[mj-trading]

We got the info right off the Goverment web site! It's the law and says It says they have to pay overtime over 40 if in the work week Mon thru Fri But do not have to on weekends unless employer wants too!

[mj-trading]

Here is the link for it sniper! http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/wages/overtimepay.htm

Overtime Pay

DOL Web Pages on This Topic
An employer who requires or permits an employee to work overtime is generally required to pay the employee premium pay for such overtime work. Employees covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) must receive overtime pay for hours worked in excess of 40 in a workweek of at least one and one-half times their regular rates of pay. The FLSA does not require overtime pay for work on Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, or regular days of rest.

Extra pay for working weekends or nights is a matter of agreement between the employer and the employee (or the employee's representative). The FLSA does not require extra pay for weekend or night work or double time pay.

[mj-trading]

I allways thought the employer had to too! Heck we had alot of employees threw the years and never knew that!

[Lanascountry]

I am with Ace, John, it makes me so furious that that company is doing that to her!!
I am about ready to say for sure..us 'little guys' ain't got a chance anymore..
especially us that have always choice to be independent and just work..oh
man! BTW, my hubby and I were talking today that the little guy can be a family
with a 100,000 income with 3-4 children..the way the economy is! :mad:
(I think I should have been a union leader...) :)
I see young families that are having to spend $250-350 a week just for groceries!
My gosh most women where I live don't even (BRING HOME) $350.00 a week! :(

[rnrgiftsnmore]

John,

I think you might have misread that, my husband works for a major retailer, they pay $1 extra per hour when he works on Sunday. When I questioned the Corporate HR dept about it, I was told some states require it, so they pay it to all. I just read that link you provided and that is what it said. Also remeber .25 per hour shift premium?

Does you wife work for a company that does has multi-state locations, or is it local to your state only? If local, then state laws prevail, otherwise the federal laws prevail.

I just googled MN, and did a search for laws on overtime and this is what I found. http://www.doli.state.mn.us/overtime2.html

Hope this helps,

[mj-trading]

There is an exception were a employer has to pay overtime if you make under $450.00 a week called the Fair Labor Act! Buy you have to be doing a certain job for that! And she falls under one were they do not have to! manual laborers

U.S. Department of Labor
Employment Standards Administration
Wage and Hour Division
(November 2007)
Fact Sheet #17I: Blue-Collar Workers and the Part 541 Exemptions Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
The FLSA requires that most employees in the United States be paid at least the federal minimum wage for all hour worked and overtime pay at time and one-half the regular rate of pay for all hours worked over 40 in a workweek. However, Section 13(a)(1) of the FLSA provides an exemption from both minimum wage and overtime pay for employees employed as bona fide executive, administrative, professional and outside sales employees. Section 13(a)(1) and Section 13(a)(17) also exempts certain computer employees. To qualify for exemption, employees must meet certain tests regarding their job duties and be paid on a salary basis at not less than $455 per week.
Blue-Collar Workers
The exemptions provided by FLSA Section 13(a)(1) do not apply to manual laborers or other “blue-collar” workers who perform work involving repetitive operations with their hands, physical skill and energy. Such nonexempt “blue-collar” employees gain the skills and knowledge required for performance of their routine manual and physical work through apprenticeships and on-the-job training.
FLSA-covered, non-management employees in production, maintenance, construction and similar occupations such as carpenters, electricians, mechanics, plumbers, iron workers, craftsmen, operating engineers, longshoremen, construction workers and laborers are entitled to minimum wage and overtime premium pay under the FLSA, and are not exempt under Section 13(a)(1) of the FLSA nor the regulations at 29 CFR Part 541, no matter how highly paid they might be.
Where to Obtain Additional Information
For additional information, visit our Wage and Hour Division Website: http://www.wagehour.dol.gov and/or call our toll-free information and helpline, available 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in your time zone, 1-866-4USWAGE (1-866-487-9243).
This publication is for general information and is not to be considered in the same light as official statements of position contained in the regulations.

[mj-trading]

Company is MN base only! But i'm getting all this info off the Federal Goverment Dept Of Labor site!

[mj-trading]

Ross! All that info i put on here was copied and paste right from there site! I seen the MN link you gave me but it doesn't say to much there so it's hard to say what a person should go by Fed Or State!
I think i'll contact the State next week by phone and see what happens!

[mj-trading]

Good Night All!

[rnrgiftsnmore]

Ross! All that info i put on here was copied and paste right from there site! I seen the MN link you gave me but it doesn't say to much there so it's hard to say what a person should go by Fed Or State!
I think i'll contact the State next week by phone and see what happens!

I think it is a shame that we, the hard working folk, get shafted the way we do. I have tried for years to get someone to report my companies policy on breaks, or lack of. But no one does!! You can bet that I will. I may not benefit, but others will. :confused:

I would call tomorrow, just for peace of mind!;)

Good night,

[mj-trading]

See they do pay overtime during the week like the Fed says! Like one week Myra worked Mon threw fri and had 48 hours! She got paid 8 hours overtime! She also worked that Sat 8 hours and got Regular time! So what there doing sounds a awfull like what the Fed say that i printed in another thread there! So if you figure that the way the state says you showed me it is almost the same! State says 48 hours then overtime! Well she had a total w/sat of 56 hours! She got paid 48 hours reg and 8 hours overtime!
So that works the way the state says too!

[katandron1]

Just stopping in to say.........................

HI JOHN

[mj-trading]

WOW!! Can't believe it! HELLO!:D

[katandron1]

Been here all mornin, where you been??????

[mj-trading]

Been so darn buzy! 1st the othe day fighting with them pic's! Then yesterday i think i got in the mail all new prices, name change and new pic's for MDM products and been trying to gety them updated in all our stores!
Lazy today but need to get buzy pretty soon!:rolleyes:

[sniperace66]

no you misunderstand the laws a work week considered by the goverment is sunday to saturday that is a work week
any hours worked over 40 hours in this work week is considered overtime time and a half.

now some employers work saturday and sunday as thier regular shifts the employer does not have to pay time and a half for saturday and sunday because its part of thier regular shift and have monday and tuesdays off as thier weekend.

all hours worked over 40 hrs is overtime for a week sunday to saturday

[Lanascountry]

I have to work (sometimes) Saturday and Sunday in retail as it is just part
of my job description. On Sundays, I make a little more pay even if I don't have
40 hours or ANY hours yet for the week. On Satuday..just a regular day, at my
store. (I have done it all my life, so I am used to it). Even when I was in nursing
the weekend was part of our regular schedule. It is often up to the employer
and job type. I hate to work for 6 hours with one small break though..It was
easier when I was young, now almost impossible, but I am doing it..:(