socalfusions
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I'm looking to file a wage claim against my contractor as I haven't received my final paycheck in over two weeks where they continue to avoid my attempts at contacting them. Looking to get some clarification on what exactly I can claim besides the paycheck itself. I never took breaks or lunchs due to peak season, wasn't paid overtime even though I was given mixed answers by my contractor and trainer, and I was trained for the first 9 weeks even though the initial job advertisement stated two weeks of training at training pay which would then turn into standard pay, this resulted in quite a bit of missed out income.
I'm assuming that the overtime situation would fall into independent contractors not being required to pay overtime, this wasn't made clear initially and many of my colleagues, including myself, became very frustrated when we found out we weren't being paid overtime seeing as how we were working 10-12 hour shifts.
My main dilemma at the moment is that I haven't received my final paycheck which was unfortunate due to the holiday season. My contractor has a terrible habit of not communicating with his employees and I've never received an email response from him despite numerous important issues being brought up.
Seeing as how just about every worker never had the luxury of taking a break or lunch due to the demanding peak season, is that something that we can be compensated for through a wage claim? I'm curious if I would be able to be compensated for all of the weeks of additional training I received at a lower wage than promised or if they had every right to put me on extended training as they saw fit. Even if that was the case why would they give me the standard non training wage but still put the trainer with me after I brought the issue up?
Overall the independent contractor system seems like a real mess and something that caught me by surprise. Most people, including myself, former colleagues, and even supervisors, seem to think that Fedex is nothing but bottom line tactics which has resulted in a chain reaction of quality of life issues descending from the top of the corporate ladder and ultimately falling into the grunt workforce who is affected the most. Maybe it's the high standard that UPS has set for the delivery driver image that makes most people think you have something good when you tell them you work at Fedex but I always had to restrain myself from informing them of all of the downsides of the current system but it's a relief that I won't be doing that anymore.
I'm assuming that the overtime situation would fall into independent contractors not being required to pay overtime, this wasn't made clear initially and many of my colleagues, including myself, became very frustrated when we found out we weren't being paid overtime seeing as how we were working 10-12 hour shifts.
My main dilemma at the moment is that I haven't received my final paycheck which was unfortunate due to the holiday season. My contractor has a terrible habit of not communicating with his employees and I've never received an email response from him despite numerous important issues being brought up.
Seeing as how just about every worker never had the luxury of taking a break or lunch due to the demanding peak season, is that something that we can be compensated for through a wage claim? I'm curious if I would be able to be compensated for all of the weeks of additional training I received at a lower wage than promised or if they had every right to put me on extended training as they saw fit. Even if that was the case why would they give me the standard non training wage but still put the trainer with me after I brought the issue up?
Overall the independent contractor system seems like a real mess and something that caught me by surprise. Most people, including myself, former colleagues, and even supervisors, seem to think that Fedex is nothing but bottom line tactics which has resulted in a chain reaction of quality of life issues descending from the top of the corporate ladder and ultimately falling into the grunt workforce who is affected the most. Maybe it's the high standard that UPS has set for the delivery driver image that makes most people think you have something good when you tell them you work at Fedex but I always had to restrain myself from informing them of all of the downsides of the current system but it's a relief that I won't be doing that anymore.
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