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re: Chimes being sued by 3 former workers
Posted on 8/21/19 at 1:38 am to Johnny Roastbeef
Posted on 8/21/19 at 1:38 am to Johnny Roastbeef
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I knew that chick and she blew my buddy and total freak
quote:It probably was.
My sister worked there. That could of been her
And it's could have, not could of.
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Posted on 8/21/19 at 7:10 am to Pelican fan99
FWIW it’s very difficult to work over 40 hours in a restaurant, you have to work your arse off. Most waiter shifts are 4-5 hours. Long Friday or Saturday might be 6-8 with extra cleaning.
Most work 4 dinners and a lunch or 5 dinners or whatever. Averaging 5–6 hours a shift that’s usually around 30 hours on the clock. Lunch you get in at 9-10 and work until 2:30-3 and dinner get in around 3:30-4 and work until 9-10:30.
But I used to have to work until 2 am 2-3 days a week and work 2-3 lunches a week to hit 50 hours a week. I was hustling hard, but it was a long arse week.
Most college age girls wouldn’t do that especially during the school year.
Most work 4 dinners and a lunch or 5 dinners or whatever. Averaging 5–6 hours a shift that’s usually around 30 hours on the clock. Lunch you get in at 9-10 and work until 2:30-3 and dinner get in around 3:30-4 and work until 9-10:30.
But I used to have to work until 2 am 2-3 days a week and work 2-3 lunches a week to hit 50 hours a week. I was hustling hard, but it was a long arse week.
Most college age girls wouldn’t do that especially during the school year.
This post was edited on 8/21/19 at 7:12 am
Posted on 8/21/19 at 7:12 am to GRTiger
quote:security tape?
there is no record of this time, what is the evidence it even happened? Eye witness testimony?
Posted on 8/21/19 at 7:14 am to Breauxsif
"Off the clock" is the key phrase here. The Chimes mgmt encourages employees to clock in for all work hours which the plaintiffs did not do. Most wait staff work for tips and would rather the extra tables for tips than clock in and limit themselves to <40 hours. More tables is more money. the time spent waiting on those tables would have been paid if they plaintiffs had clocked in. they didnt tho.
Posted on 8/21/19 at 7:20 am to tharre4
Hell yeah brother. This is why we need tort reform. People wanting to be paid for hours worked makes me sick.
Posted on 8/21/19 at 7:53 am to NIH
Thats not what i'm saying at all.Pay people for all the hours they work. The employees are refusing to clock in for time worked. i don't see how it's the employers fault.
Posted on 8/21/19 at 8:17 am to Johnny Roastbeef
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My sister worked there. That could of been her
Posted on 8/21/19 at 8:23 am to tharre4
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Refusing
Link?
Posted on 8/21/19 at 9:15 am to tharre4
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Thats not what i'm saying at all.Pay people for all the hours they work. The employees are refusing to clock in for time worked. i don't see how it's the employers fault.
As I've said, this is likely not true. First, especially somewhere like a restaurant and not say an office space where a workman's comp claim is more likely, then all employees should be on the clock. Many restaurants I worked at over 10 years ago didn't allow you to be in uniform until you were clocked in. My first job in HS 20 years ago at Papa John's we couldn't even be in the building if we weren't clocked in. Many places don't want to deal with an employee off the clock screwing around and getting hurt on site.
2ndly, as I said very few college students work over 30 hours a week not to mention over 40+ at a restaurant. To work 40+ at a restaurant is very hard. Bars are easier because they have longer hours. Restaurants most waiters are done by 10ish and get there at 4ish. That's 6 hour shifts. If you work 4-5 shifts a week which is A LOT for a college student that's 30ish hours, but most chicks especially will leave early on Tuesday or whatever when its slow. Realistically, most "full time" wait staff are working 25-32 hours a week.
Long story short, its not likely this is a case of getting into OT and not wanting to work off the clock. Its likely that the Owners were being cheap and if they weren't waiting tables they weren't clocked in. Which is stupid as hell from a Workman's Comp and insurance perspective.
This post was edited on 8/21/19 at 9:18 am
Posted on 8/21/19 at 9:23 am to tharre4
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i don't see how it's the employers fault.
Did you read the article? If you didn't work off clock you didn't get the good shifts.
Posted on 8/21/19 at 9:23 am to jlovel7
There's a chain in BR that used to tell cooks to come in and sit off the clock until they were needed. If the lunch rush didn't reach a certain level, you spent the day there without pay.
Posted on 8/21/19 at 9:43 am to Breauxsif
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For management/ownership not wanting to pay these girls $2.13/hr to perform off the clock tasks really shows how fricking cheap they are. That place prints money.
I don’t think most posters on this thread understand labor laws or the service industry. The service industry in general breaks as many labor laws as possible. It happens so much it’s mostly just considered common practice. It’s difficult to to get justice from them because the courts almost always take their side and some things by nature are difficult to prove. I have been involved in three of these suits where the federal department of labor was involved and in all three cases the businesses paid dearly. Not talking millions, but after paying fines and back pay (plus interest) it was near $25k an employee per year of work.
In general I can’t say I’ve met many restaurant owners who aren’t greedy and predatory when it comes to how they treat their staff, and most of them in that category don’t think they are doing anything wrong.
Posted on 8/21/19 at 9:45 am to Jp1LSU
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In general I can’t say I’ve met many restaurant owners who aren’t greedy and predatory when it comes to how they treat their staff, and most of them in that category don’t think they are doing anything wrong.
And after working in the industry, I never met a server who didn't lie about their tips when it came to their taxes.
Posted on 8/21/19 at 9:54 am to baldona
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Long story short, its not likely this is a case of getting into OT and not wanting to work off the clock. Its likely that the Owners were being cheap and if they weren't waiting tables they weren't clocked in. Which is stupid as hell from a Workman's Comp and insurance perspective.
This is very true and any half decent restaurant manager knows when an employee is injured at work you run to the computer and make sure they are punched in because at any given moment a lot of them aren’t. A lot of cooks work their OT hours off the clock in cash for a perceived break in taxes.
Lots of laws being broke every hour in this industry.
Posted on 8/21/19 at 9:57 am to Breauxsif
quote:then why are the "off the clock tasks"
For management/ownership not wanting to pay these girls $2.13/hr to perform off the clock tasks
Posted on 8/21/19 at 10:02 am to Fewer Kilometers
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And after working in the industry, I never met a server who didn't lie about their tips when it came to their taxes.
While this is most likely true when talking about your average college server trying to make some money before moving on in life, it’s the exception rather than the norm. Yes restaurants do all they can to (in some cases force) get servers to claim less because of matching taxes. People who do this sort of thing for life realize they are killing their own social security future and their purchasing power. People in the industry long term claim everything. What your saving in taxes is mostly non-existent.
Posted on 8/21/19 at 10:04 am to Tigers0891
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Great spinach dip. Gator bites legit. Chimes club fried real good. Them sautéed crab fingers tho. Man, them red beans. But the chargrilled oysters too mane.
shite, now I'm hungry.
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