Comments on: Is This Time Theft? https://www.evilhrlady.org/2017/07/is-this-time-theft.html Everything to make HR better Mon, 10 Jun 2019 13:27:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Mr Salty https://www.evilhrlady.org/2017/07/is-this-time-theft.html#comment-214029 Mon, 10 Jun 2019 13:27:35 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=4419#comment-214029 In reply to Lisa.

No different than if the EMT bus is undrivable or underequipped, or the computer is down: there’s a problem, but it’s not the employee’s.

]]> By: Evil HR Lady https://www.evilhrlady.org/2017/07/is-this-time-theft.html#comment-209556 Wed, 05 Jul 2017 18:59:11 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=4419#comment-209556 In reply to Lisa.

Agreed!

]]> By: Evil HR Lady https://www.evilhrlady.org/2017/07/is-this-time-theft.html#comment-209555 Wed, 05 Jul 2017 18:58:33 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=4419#comment-209555 In reply to Nancy.

Thank you!

]]> By: Nancy https://www.evilhrlady.org/2017/07/is-this-time-theft.html#comment-209554 Wed, 05 Jul 2017 18:43:16 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=4419#comment-209554 Love you! Have been following you for awhile. Your resolutions/responses are amazing. You get to the main issue without hesitation.
You make me proud to be an HR professional who thinks outside the box.

]]> By: KickingBird https://www.evilhrlady.org/2017/07/is-this-time-theft.html#comment-209552 Wed, 05 Jul 2017 14:14:55 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=4419#comment-209552 Don’t punish the masses because of the few that can’t abide by the rules.

]]> By: Lisa https://www.evilhrlady.org/2017/07/is-this-time-theft.html#comment-209546 Tue, 04 Jul 2017 22:15:56 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=4419#comment-209546 It IS time theft – his boss is stealing from him.

]]> By: Maria Rose https://www.evilhrlady.org/2017/07/is-this-time-theft.html#comment-209545 Tue, 04 Jul 2017 16:37:05 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=4419#comment-209545 In reply to Maria Rose.

I had to ad to my comment. I believe the employer was trying to get out of paying by using the on call status ( without doing paramedics work) as method to determine whether to pay for hours. Using that argument means the paramedics are not actively engaged in work until they go out to respond to emergencies.
But the back argument is that paramedics have to work an oncall shift for a designated time period whether they have a call or not.
Looks like this person needs a new partner.

]]> By: Maria Rose https://www.evilhrlady.org/2017/07/is-this-time-theft.html#comment-209544 Tue, 04 Jul 2017 16:24:58 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=4419#comment-209544 For once I agree with the arguments to explain the situation. Apparently there’s a bit of nepotism involved in that situation where the one coming in late gets no reprimand except to lose pay and apparently they don’t seem to care that their partner loses out also.
Paramedics work as a two party team because one has to drive while one has to be available to administer aid to a patient in transition. While on a call site they both administer aid.
If this particular team is from an ambulance group, they can’t leave premises with vehicle for an emergency without a partner, may have to do with laws concerning running an ambulance.
Most paramedics are part of a unionized group so this individual could contact them for help in getting a more reliable partner.
All the other laws stated do apply. One has to know their state law to verify.

]]> By: Evil HR Lady https://www.evilhrlady.org/2017/07/is-this-time-theft.html#comment-209543 Tue, 04 Jul 2017 14:00:48 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=4419#comment-209543 In reply to Elizabeth West.

Yeah, this is a really, really, really bad boss

]]> By: Evil HR Lady https://www.evilhrlady.org/2017/07/is-this-time-theft.html#comment-209542 Tue, 04 Jul 2017 14:00:27 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=4419#comment-209542 In reply to Kathy Tougher.

Awww, thanks! I tell people I used to work with you!

]]>