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Posted on 8/20/19 at 8:50 pm to baldona
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The investors look at the quarterly reports and see the OT pay and while a small amount it’s a cost that good management should be able to avoid.
There’s the caveat.
This post was edited on 8/20/19 at 8:54 pm
Posted on 8/20/19 at 8:51 pm to jlovel7
This happens a ton in the restaurant industry, and I’m amazed they don’t get sued more often.
Working in a BR restaurant (not Chimes) during college, managers would routinely tell servers to clock out if the restaurant was closed and they were still doing side work before they could leave. Especially if they were on overtime, as others have mentioned.
Most servers didn’t question it, because their actual paycheck basically went to taxes anyway. But it still always struck me as a fricked up business practice.
Working in a BR restaurant (not Chimes) during college, managers would routinely tell servers to clock out if the restaurant was closed and they were still doing side work before they could leave. Especially if they were on overtime, as others have mentioned.
Most servers didn’t question it, because their actual paycheck basically went to taxes anyway. But it still always struck me as a fricked up business practice.
Posted on 8/20/19 at 8:54 pm to jlovel7
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for multiple hours each week for no pay
So about 3 hours a week at $2/hour? Those sons of bitches cheated these poor souls out of dozens of dollars of wages over the course of YEARS of forced unpaid labor.
Posted on 8/20/19 at 8:56 pm to X123F45
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Because chimes on highland has had a lot of sex parties after hours
Posted on 8/20/19 at 8:57 pm to Hangover Haven
I am a business owner. I have employees. For obvious reasons, our employees are not allowed to work more than 40 hours a week absent extraordinary circumstances.
I would think that The Chimes also mandates that its employees work 40 hours max a week. We all know that servers make most of their pay from tips. Servers don't get tips before they have tables to serve and they don't want to "waste" hours on times when there aren't tables to serve, so they might wait to clock in until they can get tables and the resulting tips. This would allow them to work more hours that result in tips.
I would think that The Chimes also mandates that its employees work 40 hours max a week. We all know that servers make most of their pay from tips. Servers don't get tips before they have tables to serve and they don't want to "waste" hours on times when there aren't tables to serve, so they might wait to clock in until they can get tables and the resulting tips. This would allow them to work more hours that result in tips.
Posted on 8/20/19 at 9:02 pm to Kim Jong Ir
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I would think that The Chimes also mandates that its employees work 40 hours max a week. We all know that servers make most of their pay from tips. Servers don't get tips before they have tables to serve and they don't want to "waste" hours on times when there aren't tables to serve, so they might wait to clock in until they can get tables and the resulting tips. This would allow them to work more hours that result in tips.
This is exactly correct in this scenario.
Posted on 8/20/19 at 9:04 pm to X123F45
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Because chimes on highland has had a lot of sex parties after hours
Posted on 8/20/19 at 9:05 pm to Kim Jong Ir
These people can sue for double what they are owed, plus attorney’s fees under the FLSA. Still probably not that much money, which tells me they probably aren’t lying. No one would go through all this shite for $500 to $1000 unless they really thought the Chimes needed to stop ripping people off. Especially three people at the same time.
This post was edited on 8/20/19 at 9:07 pm
Posted on 8/20/19 at 9:12 pm to LSUFAITHFUL
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No one would go through all this shite for $500 to $1000 unless they really thought the Chimes needed to stop ripping people off. Especially three people at the same time.
Except maybe the attorneys who might benefit the most.
Posted on 8/20/19 at 9:13 pm to Kim Jong Ir
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I would think that The Chimes also mandates that its employees work 40 hours max a week. We all know that servers make most of their pay from tips. Servers don't get tips before they have tables to serve and they don't want to "waste" hours on times when there aren't tables to serve
All good so far..
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so they might wait to clock in until they can get tables and the resulting tips. This would allow them to work more hours that result in tips.
Annnnd this is the problem for The Chimes. They are obligated to pay workers for those extra hours, regardless of whether they were “optional”.
Posted on 8/20/19 at 9:22 pm to Kim Jong Ir
True, except you still have to find plaintiffs willing to sue their former employer over a few hundred bucks. Being deposed, etc. sucks. The fact that they found 3 ppl willing to do that for a few hundred tells me that these employees are just tying to get chimes to do the right thing and it isn’t about the money for them. Maybe it is for the lawyers...but you need the plaintiffs willing to move forward even though they have almost nothing to gain.
This post was edited on 8/20/19 at 9:24 pm
Posted on 8/20/19 at 9:23 pm to lostinbr
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They are obligated to pay workers for those extra hours, regardless of whether they were “optional”.
That will be the argument for sure. If The Chimes encouraged this practice (i.e. you are working but not on the clock), that is one thing. If the employees did it voluntarily in order to game the system and make more money for themselves, that is another thing. There are 2 sides to every story.
This post was edited on 8/20/19 at 9:31 pm
Posted on 8/20/19 at 9:26 pm to lostinbr
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They are obligated to pay workers for those extra hours, regardless of whether they were “optional”.
The IRS will be most interested to know how many hours these waiters worked off the clock while making an algorithmically determined tip wage.
Posted on 8/20/19 at 9:30 pm to LSUFAITHFUL
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The fact that they found 3 ppl willing to do that for a few hundred tells me that these employees are just tying to get chimes to do the right thing and it isn’t about the money for them. Maybe it is for the lawyers...but you need the plaintiffs willing to move forward even though they have almost nothing to gain.
Posted on 8/20/19 at 9:32 pm to Kim Jong Ir
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Except maybe the attorneys who might benefit the most.
Blood thirsty bottom feeders, attorneys. Treacherous scallywags. Dirty rotten scoundrels, the lot.
Posted on 8/20/19 at 9:34 pm to Kim Jong Ir
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If the employees did it voluntarily in order to game the system and make more money for themselves, that is another thing. There are 2 sides to every story.
Ding ding ding, you sir are correct again.
Posted on 8/20/19 at 9:35 pm to GRTiger
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Dirty rotten scoundrels, the lot.
See you soon hopefully
Posted on 8/20/19 at 9:39 pm to Kim Jong Ir
I lost my client over there, but I got the green light on the other thing. 
Posted on 8/20/19 at 9:42 pm to X123F45
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Because chimes on highland has had a lot of sex parties after hours
Well Liz was a bartender there back in 03-06.
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