Finally! A HUGE WIN For Workers!

[@JoshuaFluke1]

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[@tonimojo5859]

Appreciate how you're so supportive of workers.

[@donaldduck830]

Wth, don't grow a beard just because stupid trolls criticized your lack of a beard. Good video though, thx for being constructive and helpful.

[@JoshuaFluke1]

@@donaldduck830 it’s no shave November. Im 33 and I’ve never grown a mustache before. Imo I look like chip and dale with aviator sunglasses on, but clearly the opinion is divided lmao. But not to worry - only a few more days left of the month!

[@JoshuaFluke1]

@@tonimojo5859 I mostly just want people to learn what I did without going through all of the garbage. I’ve cleared that path for us already, so come on through lol. Grain of salt though, everyone’s situation is different.

[@kalwallingford7039]

Holy crap. Your mustache makes you look as unhinged as you are when you cry about family and needlessly ban people from your discord, LMAO!

[@TheBigExclusive]

I'd like to add "vague working hours". I showed up to the office at 8am and left at 5pm (or 9am and left at 6pm). Either way, I always put in my 8 hours. I always got all my work done on time or even early. But When I leave at 5pm or 6pm, people still were hanging around in the office doing work. It's strange. And during my performance review, my boss accused me of, "Im not sure you even want to be here. All of us put in hours to get the job done. That's our company culture." Even though I had finished all my assigned work. I got written up. Honestly I could have left earlier most days since I finished my work earlier, but I didn't want to get accused of "not putting in my 8 hours".

[@jermainemyrn19]

That's because your co workers still think hard work pays off and they're sheep. Alot of them probably doing it because they feel pressured and scared.

[@birdjericho]

And if you work (and even track) your time to be exactly 8 hours a day, no more no less, then you're penalized for putting in the "minimum amount of effort," even though you've worked your agreed-upon 40 hours (and haha if you think they're interested in paying you any form of OT because you're a salary wage slave). Happens all the time.

[@princessmarlena1359]

I’ve had workplaces such as that, but I told the supervisor “You don’t sign my paycheck, you don’t have the power to hire/fire, so f* right off!”. I never stayed late. When I’m done, I’m _done_ ! I never stay more than a few years at any workplace, anyway.

[@chobo9724]

Some people really thrive in this environment. They like to put in extra hours to mask their poor performance. It’s pretty effective because managers have no real idea on how to measure someone’s quality of work.

[@effexon]

"work".... they talk smalltalk, smack shit, drink coffee... was your company like google where they offer company "lunch" at 6pm? either way, you are one of those top talents and keeping that motivation and drive "safe" is very important, however you manage to do it.

[@ghostrider_414]

I worked as a closer at Subway about 9 years ago. Before I started working there management had the other closers believing that they had to clock out by 10:10PM, even if they still weren't done closing the store (counting down the drawers, cleaning, putting all the food away, etc), and if you clocked out past 10:10PM you would be written up. I told my co-workers that it's illegal for them to make you work off the clock, so DO NOT clock out and if management says anything to you about it then tell them to come talk to me about it. They stopped clocking out early and management never wrote them up like they claimed they would.

[@terminatorgir]

This exact thing happened to me. I started working at Subway almost 20 years ago and as a teenager and another teenagers didn’t know the law. The manager insisted that even though the store closed at 10 that we needed to have everything wrapped done and be out of the store at 10:10 and then we wouldn’t be paid any longer. Nine nights out of 10 someone would pop in the door asking for food at 9:59. We would be required to still serve them and half the time they would sit in the lobby and eat after they ordered the mostly they would leave after about 10 minutes. a few nights someone called in and I would occasionally work with the manager. She would take shortcuts and leave things undone for the morning shift, making excuses for herself, and then claiming that she could always be done at 10:10 things that all the workers were not allowed to do the night shift, eventually someone who knew the law ended up working there they brought it to the labor bureau and they ended up having to backpay all these teenagers for all this extra time that they worked that they didn’t get paid for needless to say that 1010 rules stop applying

[@FreedomTalkMedia]

They could still sue for back pay.

[@debrh.b]

I always just had the " You get what you pay for " attitude with places that paid minimum wage . I always looked for better jobs when I had 1.

[@princessmarlena1359]

“They pretend to pay us, we pretend to work!”

[@kbdesilva]

haha @@princessmarlena1359

[@bbbbbbb51]

While I agree that some people are destined for minimum wage jobs and nothing but, it's no excuse to leave them open to violations of their rights. This is one of the extremely rare examples where I think CA is doing the right thing. I'm more than willing to give people credit where it's due. The more people learn about their rights, practical skills, and law in general, the better they'll be even if they decide to work menial jobs for their entire life. Even menial jobs are necessary cogs in the machine.

[@CadetSammons]

​@@bbbbbbb51 And even those "menial workers" deserve human dignity, and a wage high enough to live on.

[@dynamichunter843]

@@CadetSammonsreminder that if minimum wage kept up with inflation like social security does, it would be something like $22-26 federally. No wonder there’s a fucking cost of living crisis.

[@CaptainLuckyDuck]

This should be in the national curriculum. Also, just putting this out there, but, now that I live and work in the UK, the labour laws here as opposed to those in the US have floored me. I'm still, after working here for 4 years (I was doing a second master's in my first year), wrapping my head around the MANDATORY, GOVERNMENT-REGULATED 28 days paid holiday per year. This is for every full-time employee anywhere in the UK. EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. I was lucky if I got 5 in the US! Hell, my current uni job gives me, I shit you not, 40 DAYS A YEAR. Over a month of PAID holiday, plus PAID sick days! Those don't exist in the US! Being American, I still stay in this panic if I get sick. I've had to have managers send me home and remind me that it's OK and not to worry. Going back to the holiday, though, I keep thinking I only have one or two here and there, but look at my balance and am like, "Welp, I can take a few there and a few there... I don't even know if there are enough free weeks for me to TAKE all this holiday!" Then again, I also still struggle to take days off when I'm sick and to go to the doctor, even though there's national healthcare here and the most I pay for ANYTHING is £9.85 for my prescriptions. That's it. The sad truth is that even when I worked in other countries, the paid holiday was better than the US (I taught English by trade). People wonder why the US is so miserable and full of angry people. This. This is why. People don't get to actually enjoy and live their very short lives- they're slaves to the system, and it's cruel and wrong. They work people to death there, literally. They don't have the sick days or paid holiday to get better. My mental health is so much better knowing that I can just take a few "me" days off, if I need to. I actually have the holiday to have a real vacation without losing out on pay, especially because I've still not broken the American habit of working off-the-clock. I personally think a lot of mental health concerns in the US would reduce if there were federally-mandated, company-required, set amounts of days of holiday and sicks days (a logical amount that lines up with other developed countries), along with abolishing hire-at-will/fire-at-will laws- those don't exist here or in most other developed countries. Unfortunately, the longer I'm abroad, the more I realise that the US is basically a third world country when it comes to labour protections for the common human than any other, even in places like the Middle East. Land of the Free? Ha. Land of the Shackled, maybe. People need to rise up and demand better. They deserve better.

[@Roescoe]

Add to that the fact that there's a ton of meaningless work added because employers have their employees for so much more time than is necessary, You have people who are staying at work when there's no meaningful money-making work to be done. When the time is crunched at work, then all the important things get done. It's incredible how many meetings are canceled when there's a backlog of customers who have work they want done.

[@TheSoulCrisis]

This is why that massive petition was going around for companies to tryout 4 day work weeks..........I'm ALL in favor of that perk! Europe is said to have the happiest people on earth because of that perk, long lunch breaks, national health coverage, etc. I work for a defense company and I have every other Friday off for RDO (regular day off) based on a 9/80 schedule I opted into. It's amazing having a 3 day weekend every other week.........I work slightly longer hours to makeup for it. I gotta say I am shocked you guys get 28 paid holidays!! I never knew about that, I thought you would have around 8 - 12 at the most so that is amazing. I think I get 10 paid holidays in my company (we have 2 paid days off for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's holiday weekends respectively). I also heard some regions give their people 2 hour lunch breaks and nap time! Those are the best PTO aspects of my job, the worst are the vacation and sick days. We get 3 sick days for the year and it's lame.........you could get sick multiple times and need at least a week or more for yourself. The vacation time we have to accumulate and it sucks balls......takes forever to build so it's hard to plan actual vacations here. All in all WLB is not bad here between RDO Fridays and paid holidays to be fair, but it's still lacking in the areas of vacation days and sick days (we don't have personal days, which sucks we have to take from our vacation days). I heard in Europe you get at least 3 - 4 weeks of vacation time by default......that's exactly what people in the US should qualify for at least. I think everyone should get at least a week of sick days, a week of personal days, two weeks of vacation time, and the paid holidays that the company participates in would deliver a solid WLB compared to the scattered PTO benefits to be currently experienced across US employers. I also think people should have the option for 4 or 5 day work weeks depending on the business and what an employee prefers, would be game changers for sure! Employees will be so much happier and supercharged when they have more time for themselves and things they care for.

[@TheSoulCrisis]

Yep.......I've seen this in one form or another in every company I ever worked at lol. Why do we need to do basic and unnecessary crap just to punch an exact time on the clock when we should be heading home a few hours early if there is no critical work to be done (I'm a salary remote worker myself now)! That's why in my previous fintech role I would skip lunch and just head out a hour early, much prefer to beat some traffic and see the sun on my way out.@@Roescoe

[@Roescoe]

@@TheSoulCrisis "I would skip lunch and just head out a hour early" you said it! I am fortunate enough to be able to start work early and be done by 4, also to be able to work remote, and to be able to just be judged on the work I've done.

[@TheSoulCrisis]

@@Roescoe It's liberating......I know you feel every ounce of that! Pretty much what my tech lead and PM told me in the beginning, as long as they are happy with the work quality and output no one even really cares how I do my schedule (we do need to be on between 9 AM - 3 PM since those are core hours in case a team member or client needs us, but in truth it's not really monitored or enforced). If we have anything to do during the day, we can just deduct some time and work later evening. It was a loooong road getting to where I am now, absolute best work/life balance so far. In the previous fintech role some days were rough with screaming clients and being stuck at the office until 7 or 8 PM........then it takes like 45 minutes to get home after rush hour. If I can control it I will always opt to leave ahead of time and not stay late to impress people I don't care about. Working remote is amazing.....just focus on delivering solid quality work and gain great experience in the mix. No bullshit 1 hour traffic routes, loss of sleep, risk of accidents and insurance premium spikes, less miles on the car, less gas since no real driving, and no losing time dressing for the office.......1,000% time >>>>>>> money and office distractions/politics.

[@thatamberchick]

So today at thanksgiving lunch, we were taking about the differences between my parents when they worked and now. My dad said something that literally made me gasp. In this area, textile mills were a huge thing back in his day. He said that they literally had a cute little area behind the building where people would get married. Yes at work…..the sad thing is that people just didn’t “have enough time off” to get married or do things like that. He said he remembers 6 of the weddings in that little scenic area. 🤦🏼‍♀️ it blew my mind. I do remember my dad working 24 and 36 hour shifts when I was young. It sucked cause he was always working just so we could have food on the table. All that to say, way to go California!! I wish my son’s school did something like this. If we let (some) employers they’d be fine with us having weddings in the break area just so we worked. It’s a dang shame really.

[@effexon]

modern corpos seem very efficient at keeping workers at workplace but doing lot of effort to prevent them doing useful valuable things (disruptions, reports, feedbacks, monitoring, ...) I heard this year they actually said more people should go to office coz it looks better for customer(most of staff is in india though, small minority are onsite in this country).

[@stevenjohnson891]

Textiles sounds like the Ohio Valley

[@thatamberchick]

@@stevenjohnson891 I’m in Alabama, they were here up til around the 90s or so. That used to be about all that we had here. It was like everyone worked there. Thankfully now it’s a lot different. Long hours and they got away with barely paying folks.

[@thatamberchick]

@@effexon you ain’t lying there.

[@JuanRodriguez-tf7fh]

What is the astronaut doing in the background? 🤔

[@tanalson]

After working in the corporate world for 10 years, i realize that company benefits, bonuses, allowances could easily be removed at any time by the company but labour laws and workers rights companies have to follow

[@Pandacous]

The biggest violations are usually unsaid and legal

[@emmafrost7151]

I think it is a good idea to teach early and often about worker’s rights in this nation. Companies love to take advantage of employees who are not aware of their rights. Knowledge is power, power should belong to the workers.

[@bbbbbbb51]

Sadly, our nation does not want its people to feel empowered. An empowered populous is a populous that will take action and resistance. Gov-corporate relationships tend to work against that ideal as it's mutually beneficial. It doesn't require any grand planning behind the scenes when it's beneficial for both parties involved.

[@AFuller2020]

@@bbbbbbb51 Name another country with the types of opportunities you have in the US? I'll wait.....

[@domenik8339]

​@@AFuller2020Name another first world country that doesn't have nationwide access to clean water, I'll wait.

[@Johnny-Utah-91]

They need to teach financial savviness, how debt works and investing.

[@elementaleighteight]

The more money you have currently under transfer and inaccessible the more bigger loan you can get😂

[@me0101001000]

I went to public school, and I did learn all of this. It's alarming that this isn't universal, because my girlfriend told me that in her school, this wasn't the case.

[@Justchillin145]

But if we do that we won’t have a slave working class

[@josevargas686]

indebted ignorant citizens makes for a powerful elite... they don't want to lose that! :)

[@Johnny-Utah-91]

@@Justchillin145 I agree but I think we will always have the "slave class" financing everything and getting into debt.

[@thegazetteyt]

As someone who lives in California and has worked here for about 20 years, and has had to have hearings from the California labor commission three times in the last 10 years, this is really good. Maybe now businesses in California being so blatantly, egregious, and how they violate their workers rights.

[@adamestrada7610]

Facts! California companies (especially all those Orange County businesses, in my experience) are the WORST when it comes to labor violations. I didn't know what a good work environment was until I was employed by a company headquartered in a different state. Garbage pay, expectations of working off the clock, it takes a month to build just 3 hours of vacation time, and they deny you vacation even when you have it. Shameful, glad California is putting these greedy a-holes in their place.

[@infini.tesimo]

EVERYONE should study this on their off time throughout the month. And do mean everyone. It is crazy what employers have gotten away with and it also goes beyond just work but also so-called rights of being a 14th Amendment citizen which is the same thing as saying you have none when you understand what is going on out here. It's definitely a start and I'll take it.

[@DeathScavenger420]

I wish there was a "workers rights" class or a "how to do your taxes", "how to finance a house" classes in high school. I know how to find the area of a triangle and what a "hypotenuse" is. All those wild triangles out here, sure am glad I spent years preparing myself!

[@JennHayden]

We learned those things in my high school. it was called Consumer Finance.

[@Tredemptation]

Can you imagine trying to teach a bunch of hormonal teenagers that hate school about taxes

[@jgood005]

Adults don't even care about taxes. 99% of people think about taxes once per year at filing time, then it never crosses their mind again

[@still_your_zelda]

I’d have paid more attention to that than geometry I haven’t used a day since then.

[@harsh3948]

@@Tredemptationpretty sure that’s more interesting than calculus

[@MisterRose90]

Job offers and job descriptions should be treated as legally binding contracts and should be fulfilled as such. If an employer breaks that contract, they should be sued.

[@crypticutopia7228]

The whole unlimited PTO thing is why US needs to implement similar laws to what we have in place here in Australia. Over here, employers are legally required to give you 4 weeks annual leave (PTO) per year at a full time job, and that builds up too. So if you don't use any of it for three years say for example, you'll have 12 weeks accrued. And if you leave the job, they have to pay you out for any unused leave that you have accrued.

[@milenasovic]

Since I work at a college, I am a member of the union. My rights are protected by them, and I am grateful for that. I talk with my daughter a lot about workers' rights, but I'm not an expert. This course should also be available in Illinois.

[@Fredjoe5]

Well, the union is protected by your paying dues. You're not as protected by the union as they'd have you think. You'll likely also find your job priced out more quickly than non-union labor. There's a reason unions aren't all that common outside of niche areas these days.

[@bbbbbbb51]

It's largely because unions have become as bloated as the corpos. Imo, unions fail when they are no longer represented by actual employees of said company. Once someone's job is to solely work for the union, it will inevitably become corrupt, lose focus, and become a wasted source of revenue. Workers need to be more concerned with the value of their labor than paying union dues the same way consumers should be more concerned about where their dollars are spent then what the product they're buying can achieve. It's an idealistic want, but it's absolutely what would empower the people and create a better economy.

[@milenasovic]

@@bbbbbbb51 I work at college not corporation.

[@Fredjoe5]

@@milenasovic I'm aware of that - it makes no difference.

[@Fredjoe5]

@@bbbbbbb51 I wouldn't call it an idealistic want, but a realistic one. It's really the only way. Unions simply make workers lazy, thinking that "Daddy Union" will take care of everything for me. Like you said, workers need to look out for themselves. No one else will - and certainly not unions.

[@kuroenekodemon]

Fun fact a lot of what you’re saying Joshua applies under Ontario Employment Law as well. I caught my employer reprising against me after I called OHSA on them for harassment and bullying and their response is essentially them twisting the same story I told them. Best part is this was in a call center and now I have PTSD with delusions from it. Now I’m taking them to court to explain why they thought that was a good idea and I’m going to therapy but hold these shitty companies to account. In the US you have the NLRA, OSHA and the EEOC use it. In Ontario we have the Pay Transparency Act, Employment Standards Act and the Occupational Health and Safety Act also use it

[@Robello625]

My greatest concern is how to recover from all these economic and global troubles and stay afloat especially with the political power tussle going on in US. The government has really called things more difficult for its citizens,and we can't sit back and bear all the consequences of the bad governance.

[@emilyhusnu]

The wisest thought that is in everyone's minds today is to invest in different income flows that do not depend on the government, especially with the current economic crisis around the world. This is still a good time to invest in gold, silver and digital currencies (BTC, ETH.... stock,silver and gold)

[@Rockerse]

Individuals are still holding crypto coin and stocks? I didn't know that, I guess a few know about integrating into the micro economy to help substitute FIAT or usdt for a more tangible exchange Experience, it more like capitalization with about 43.307% profits/ ROI weekly though.. ps.. Tara Elizabeth Stewart, got me covered thanks.

[@anderaserti]

So much pain in my heart due to so many debts. How can I go about it!! would really appreciate it if you show me how to go about it. Please what crypto should I buy, how can I do it?

[@Welliarm]

​@@anderasertiAs a newbie you'll need to invest in a company that is working towards sustainability, like that of expert Tara Elizabeth, and her abilities in handling investments are top notch

[@anlatak]

​After I got upto 900k trading with Tara Elizabeth, I bought a new House and I'm now able to send my kids to a better school in the states When someone is straight forward with what he or she is doing people will always speak up for them.

[@WildkatPhoto]

Super timely for me. I happen to be doing my annual mandatory training today. In my jammies. Its one of the few things I can do as work from home. I will get paid in full for all of my training time. Good companies exist but they are getting more rare.

[@maxwellschneiter]

I worked in California for a few years, its strange working in a state where the employers are all terrified of the state labor department. Its much harder to get fired, but also makes ir harder to get hired too in my experience.

[@aluisious]

I call BS. I have always worked in California, and it was always easy to get hired.

[@maxwellschneiter]

@aluisious if you've never worked in another state you can't honestly say you know the difference

[@Draganox25]

Maybe if they actually jail repeat offenders then it might reduce it alot

[@danieldaniels7571]

Yes! Because the current fines when occasionally imposed are just looked at as a cost of doing business and they’re a rounding error compared to how much money they make by violating the rights of employees.

[@patmarek1222]

My first and last job in retail was 8 years ago. Stayed there 1.5 years even though the gaslighting sh** from the bosses there was huge a red flag to leave immediately. Would not make that mistake today..

[@Nwakaego_]

Love Josh’s content. Josh is out here helping the next generation.👏🏿👏🏿

[@bbbbbbb51]

That's all I really care for at this point. We'll be screwed the rest of our lives (zoomers included.) I just hope gen A will have enough data and empowerment in front of them to demand and create real change. The sad truth is that it'll have to get bad enough that the middle class all but disappears before people will demand change en masse and act on it with passion and strong will.

[@timothymccullough889]

Josh, have you considered highlighting some of these laws in different states, on a platform such as TikTok? You and HR lady may become viral, epsecially rocking that stache!

[@JoshuaFluke1]

Solid content idea thank you

[@matthewhermon2677]

My biggest nugget of wisdom to young people just starting to work - have the self-awareness to learn on your own. It's not in a company's best interest to give you a comprehensive breakdown of fair labour practices. I learnt this in the last few months. If you don't take it upon yourself to get clued up on fair work, pay and rights, then you'll pay for it in one form or another.

[@williamrelue]

Sometimes I wish ppl would just start unaliving CEOs until things change.

[@princessmarlena1359]

Agreed

[@jgood005]

Or, you know, court cases, violations, etc, but by all means, don't let me hold you back from a life in prison

[@williamrelue]

@@jgood005 :) The system doesn't work against you once you've bought it out.

[@jasonkoroma4323]

@jgood005 Seriously, comments like that is people twist the narrative against you easily. This is proof how these corpos are always steps ahead.

[@jminor318]

🤩Thank you!!

[@aarondean01]

Happy Thanksgiving Joshua.

[@sparks3434]

Most people don’t think about this stuff when entering the workforce I thank you for your videos.

[@Candide1776]

Walmart did two of these things right out of the gate. Stock equities were vested over a 4-year period, so whenever you leave the company, you are always losing at least 3 to 4 years of your options. They shifted to "unlimited PTO" which they call Discretionary Time Off of DTO last year, as well. It just meant that it's up to your supervisor's discretion whether you get the time off or not. I asked for one day about 4 months after that policy came into effect, and my supervisor gave me the 3rd degree about it. "Is that really necessary?" "Do you absolutely need to take that day off?" etc. I just gave my notice, instead.

[@noblelies]

What's the catch? California rarely does anything right. Got my skeptic's cap on.

[@jasonkoroma4323]

Just giving bread crumbs to give the process some semblance of hope. Yea, I'm very skeptical too.

[@kdub5825]

ive been wanting this to happen. ive actually contemplated writing letters to my local school district about it

[@psyience3213]

My company just laid me off before the off the season after making me salaried last year at a rate below minimum wage. They also never paid overtime despite being a manual labor job and paid every two weeks, never got a break.... Just saw an ig ad for suing your employer, pretty sure it was a sign. I signed up real quick. They should have at least offered me more than 2 weeks separation pay.

[@Maxშემიწყალე]

You accepted a salary below $15/hr?

[@psyience3213]

@@Maxშემიწყალე So that was during last year's off season so i technically wasn't really doing any work, we were just reading a book and doing meetings once a week. With the agreement that it would double when the season started, only to get laid off on this off season. Hopefully that clarifies, i know it sounds a little weird, but it was a weird employment. That's usually how they get you though, when i took the job it was supposed to be $35/hr, full time with benefits. That's the job i accepted.

[@TheBigExclusive]

Somewhat Unrelated, but I wished Health Ed actually taught my generation about body nutrition (Like what is a calorie or protein?). All I got taught was how to put on a cond0m on a banana and stuff like that. I learned nothing about how to maintain a healthy body. I hope this new job education course actually teaches kids about job laws. And doesn't get hijacked by something else.

[@redfather5342]

Just look it up on the internet

[@FreedomTalkMedia]

Notice that Walmart specifically put in their note to the employees, that discussing pay, WHILE ON THE CLOCK, is not allowed. That could potentially be a loophole. They might be able to tell you you're not supposed to talk about it while they are paying you. They also know that you aren't going to get together with your fellow employees after work.

[@angelbeast8863]

Some of my two favorites! Such a wholesome video

[@MrBrewman95]

Josh looking like a Nevada cop from the 90s. 😂

[@tigerlily2941]

Thank you for putting this out there. I also hope you had a wonderful thanksgiving

[@Labyrinth6000]

I remembered working for a company as a “marketing specialist”. Turns out it was a sales position where you had to sell fiber optics and direct tv to people in Walmarts. Also had to do everything by commission and the pay rate was fixed at $200 a week and you get $400 per person you sign up. Man I was so stupid for not quitting sooner, plus I couldn’t even find the company’s real name registered in the records!

[@TechSav18]

I’m curious as to know what they’re gonna teach. Is it gonna be more retail/front-line level focused? Or an employee’s right in the corporate world? Either way, big win for students!

[@JoshuaFluke1]

It’s both! they talk about salary and hourly labor law!

[@TechSav18]

@@JoshuaFluke1 amazing!!

[@mean7429]

thank you Josh

[@type2red]

Josh you are looking more mature this is amazing to see you grow up and evolve. Thank you for all of this great content, your honesty and insight.

[@michaelmcnally1242]

Also you're doing god's work here, if you haven't done one about "don't work for free" that would be great for young people getting suckered into "intern" shit jobs

[@FHangya]

Mighty 'stache, sir. Well done! Also obv great content. Happy about the win.

[@JCGFL]

Another employer scam I experienced was working as a security guard and we had to sign some paperwork which had misleading wording that implied that me as an employee was "signing away" my right to file for unemployment from the security guard company.The fact is NO employee can "sign away" your rights as an employee just because a company misleads you into thinking that you did. And guess what, I did file for unemployment after they "let me go" after a "work probation" period (scam) and GOT unemployment because I was legally entitled to do so.

[@allthingseducation]

Great law I agree. I wish you would do a video on the difference between an employee and 1099 contractor -- so many people of all ages get taken advantage of by not knowing the difference.

[@LTGDSP]

I wish every state and every school district in the country do this workplace readiness week

[@801LOVER]

Loving your videos. Thank you!

[@custos3249]

Gotta love that it's just a week. Way to reveal how few rights workers have.

[@cheryllynn3474]

Oof

[@Jupiterxice]

As much as I dislike public education I kudos this. I wish I learned this early age.

[@t.m.2415]

Why do you dislike public education?

[@Jupiterxice]

@@t.m.2415 its a joke. It teaches you be sheep

[@t.m.2415]

@@Jupiterxice You some kind of AnCap who also believes in labor rights?

[@DruuzilTechGames]

@@t.m.2415 could it be all the Communist indoctrination?

[@redfather5342]

@@t.m.2415 is that really a question

[@Krlowanigu-mg6eg]

Oh so fast since your last material, thank you 😀

[@michaelmcnally1242]

Man back in the 70s even Ross Perot's EDS paid people for two years while they went through a pretty solid training program.

[@MRSketch09]

Yeah, there's honestly some good business owners out there, that do their employee's legitimately fair. It's sad they're more the exception than the rule.

[@KeepItFresh02]

I worked for Rivian for 2 years. I was told it was contract to hire but I never once saw any developers get hired the whole time I was there. Every dev was a contractor and my contract just kept getting extended until oops btw a new policy as of yesterday just came in that contractors here over 10 months have to be let go. bye.I was told that all developes that get placed get hired and love it there during my initial phone call with a recruiter. It was cool React projects I worked on and owned/lead one of them for a year but now im unemployed for almost 6 months. ugh.

[@imabebebebe2496]

ill remember never to buy a cheap Rivian, thanks.

[@melissahall1699]

You work for 40yrs to have $1m in your retirement, meanwhile some people are putting just $10k in a meme coin for just few months and now they are multimillionaires, all thanks to Mrs Victoria

[@samueldattilo6232]

The best decisions one should think about right now is to have different sources of income and never depend on the govt. especially with the current economy situation in the country alot of people now invest digital with their mobile devices, i invest in crypto trading and it pays massively

[@Alicesmith5243]

You all should also know that a good capital is the most important key to trading, if you really want to make good cash out of it.

[@markgaskill2442]

Your right Ma'am investing is easier with proper guidance, especially from a professional, it really helps to reduce the chances of incurring losses.

[@Barbarajohnson111]

I'm from Colorado USA, I connected with her and she has helped me alot, she makes so much profit for me she made success earlier than we thought.

[@mariamobley5201]

I'm from Chicago, Illinois to be precise.. took a risk of selling my dodge car and put all into the portfolio she created on my behalf, after just a week i withdrew my capital and still had about $50k extra... this was over a month tho and currently I'm driving a porsche panamera 2022 exclusive.

[@bodhisattva2348]

I swear to God, this channel is a godsend, if I wasn't subscribed to this channel I wouldn't know everytime my employers tried to pull a fast 1 on me or someone else. 1 of my friends at work (I only have 2, bc co workers r not your friends like that) took leave after getting approved then they put him on the schedule, got upset because he didn't show up & then tried to fire him. He showed them the paperwork signed by the shuft coordinator. Never seen nobody flip it in Reverse back peddle so fast. 😂

[@YuTv1408]

Im not surprised. The country and gov violates its own cityzens rights.

[@DarrenNevares]

Finally some good news to hear!

[@mariokarter13]

"A company might offer to pay for your tuition, but if you quit before a certain time you have to pay them back." Literally indentured servitude.

[@exoZelia]

Excellent colour grading!

[@MeghanGraceDIY]

I teach high school fashion so we talk A LOT about workers rights, unions, ect because I want them to know what’s acceptable and what is not. It’s there first job and will teach them what a work place is life for the rest of their life so even if they don’t remember much of the fashion content, I hope they remember some of the info I share about work place laws.

[@MichaelAivaliotis]

That stash is fire!

[@angrysarcasm2229]

It is currently less expensive to pay a settlement as the result of being sued, than it is to allow employees to talk about their wages. This can be applied to nearly anything in the workplace. A court settlement is nearly always less expensive, regardless of the cause.

[@ce-xiv1334]

Keep doing the lords work my guy!

[@Skaggs666]

I worked at a company that tried to pull that retention clause bullshit. Pretty funny seeing them backpedaling when my commander who happens to be a JAG officer climb inside the HR directors asshole. God damn, I love USERRA.

[@jermainemyrn19]

I think the law and company policy are viewed the same. Speaks to the fact that corporations have too much power and always misuse it. Corporations operate very similar to a government. We work under mini tyrannical governments. This is why corporations generally get away with anything.

[@snarkdragon]

There was a recorded meeting with someone who talked to a high-level member of a large corporation (really wish I could remember the name). The high-level corpo was happily bragging about how much power his company wielded. One of the things he bragged about, it cost about $10,000 to buy a member of congress. After that, lobbying gifts, favors (such as guaranteed high-paying positions once the congressperson left government) and 'campaign donations' ensured that the corporation would have their very own agent within the government who would take any actions that benefitted the corporation over any other interest. Every major corporate entity engages in this. Major pharmaceuticals, oil companies, defense contractors such as Raytheon, etc. Effectively, the corporations aren't just mini tyrannical governments. Corporations ARE the government. The corporations bought this government. They run the show. Outside of a few tiny wins for the peasants, corporations get what they want. Always.

[@jasonkoroma4323]

@snarkdragon The reality is that, wherever and whenever you centralize coercive power, people will bid on it. The state has a monopoly power to regulate and control market forces like competition, bankruptcy, etc. which enables them to grant special legal priveledges and protections to whomever they please. Naturally, Corporations start lobbying for this power, and buying political connections becomes a top priority over providing valuable products and services to your customers. government creates corporations by granting certain businesses special privileges and preventing other businesses from competing in a free market. the state also creates elaborate regulations that only large "corporations" can meet thereby pushing out small business and destroying market competition.

[@stultuses]

How about covering the flexible working report that showed companies who engaged in flexible work practices increased revenue growth faster than work in the office employees In the push to get people back in the office, this flies in the face of that push The report was published by Forbes but they were referencing the actual study done by another company

[@fgregerfeaxcwfeffece]

Also if you employ me at will. Don't be surprised when one day I just won't show up and respond with to getting fired with: "If that makes you feel better." Because I just started somewhere else. At will is a 2 way street.

[@sgutie517]

Great topic, I’ll be doing this for my economics classes 🤙🏾

[@PayneMaximus]

I can't decide what's best: employment law education in California or dat stash...

[@juliusquasar1565]

This big book of USA labor rights, all one page of it.

[@GuiltyPleasures]

Worked for a company. They ran outta money and - since I was their only developer - they asked me to keep working. Said they'd back pay me if their funding came through. When I separated from them, I noticed they had never done that. Sued them. Judge said I wasn't employed during that time period and - thus - they weren't obligated to pay my salary. Just because a worker understands that a company "can't" do something doesn't mean they'll prevail in court. Most courts are just going to crap all over you.

[@erivalo]

Yeap, I was working in a company were there were something else to complete to get the promotion... in the worst scenario if u end up sending ur resignation letter, then the promotion got approved...

[@SC-gp7kt]

Imagine that. Public school actually trying to prepare students for real life!

[@jaaguitar]

Teachers are just not qualified to do it. Those who say kids should learn money, work etc forget this. The stuff they've attempted in the UK is hopeless.

[@c0t0d0s7]

Relocation costs may also need to be repaid if you leave the company voluntarily within a certain timeframe.

[@PvblivsAelivs]

Well, it may be legal to talk about your wages. But the post you quoted specifically said "while o the clock." And it makes a big difference. That is arguably "riding the clock." Companies may be relying on people not talking with their coworkers outside of work, or hoping they forget the "while on the clock" part. But they "get away with it" because they cover their legal bases.

[@marieazrak1951]

Me personally I never just stayed at one job in person job because I have a disability I never just got to focus on school. I started working at 131618 years old and through my 20s even while it was a student in school and me personally, I’m not built for labor jobs where you have to carry stuff I’m not built for healthcare.

[@chancepaladin]

need a new tshirt to wear into the office, 'dont violate my labor, bro' if they start those new classes in more schools, they also need to educate them on 'negotiation' and 'perceived self worth' because the company will actively work to make you feel worthless to diminish your negotiating power.

[@Tythecodeguy]

Being a worker who just got fired from bs in California. This state has to be THE WORST when it comes to how employers treat their staff

[@soujemn5]

i can't help but feel the only real difference here will be kids going from "i think i'm being screwed over" to "i'm aware i'm being screwed over"

[@jasonkoroma4323]

Yup. Their inaction only exacerbates the issue.

[@dungeonsanddragonshomebrew3165]

wow California did something good for once that's a shock

[@trashpageant7861]

California is also one of the only states that prevents and invalidates non competes

[@dungeonsanddragonshomebrew3165]

@@trashpageant7861 I mean that's a sorta good thing cause in some cases they make sense and in others they don't

[@BINSNEWS]

Glad to see ppl. are getting more educated on their rights. Never give a company $$$ for a job. Quit.

[@Seelingfahne]

Thanks for adding context and explaining many of the popular traps used to cheat employees of their wages. More responsibility means more money, to believe anything else will just make you poorer. What did your management do today, to deserve their salary?

[@StevenSpergburg]

Dope hit stash

[@LVC85costa]

I would have loved to know this instead of slowly finding it out over a decade. The internet is a wonderful thing, keep it open.

[@JerryChambliss]

You are so good at this. Great video!

[@lechiffre5078]

Their use of “Part of the family” makes me laugh and bugs my ass at the same time.

[@kaiseriv8483]

I live in florida and do jobs like warehouse and factory stuff There are 0 workers rights here and they treat you like trash. Shit is brutal

[@NathanaelCrapo]

I'd love hearing your thoughts on employers mandating employees work a second shift in a row when coworkers call out, and how in the medical field employees could be held criminally liable for medical neglect if the employee doesn't work the second mandated shift that management only tells them about 5-10 minutes before the first shift ends. Do note the above thing is not illegal for an employer to do if you don't have an employment contract. That happened to me all the time when I worked as an overnight DSP (Direct Support Professional).

[@aluisious]

"Unlimited PTO" Work there for 8 months. Then "oh you know, it's always been my dream to climb K2. It takes about 3 months to hike there, acclimate, and set up the camps. And sometimes you have to wait because of weather. I'll see you sometime in the fall."

[@grege5074]

we, as workers, need to stay vigilant because they, as capitalists will never stop trying to screw you. We can never think that "one win and its over" for us, we have to keep pushing for these wins, because they will never stop pushing us

[@emmafrost7151]

An ongoing war.

[@boopdoop2251]

Capitalism and greed are not synonymous. Capitalism is not the issue or people wouldn’t be risking their lives to leave communist and socialist countries to flee to capitalist ones.

[@Nun195]

@@boopdoop2251how’s that boot taste?

[@adairjanney7109]

Why do you think they ahve the southern border wide open, they need a new slave class

[@ZenAndPsychedelicHealingCenter]

Stop repeating propaganda. The border is not wide open lol.

[@skj9163]

Let's not forget the 1099 contracted positions. The ones where you will be put on a shift or set hours, monitored and tracked in all your work, and will get some sort of "review" if you don't adhere to said schedule/monitoring, but you're not an employee.

[@7F0X7]

Happy Thanksgiving, bro. Jesus loves you.

[@fa2k3]

I need a Whateverable Inc. corporate t shirt....

[@DrPastah]

I worked contract in Canada and it said in the clauses that you weren't allowed to talk about your pay and such with other workers. Thoughts on that?

[@Maxშემიწყალე]

Thoughts on you looking up the laws in Canada?

[@omarsmusic4316]

This happened to a friend of mine a company made him develop their website for free because they said wanted to "test him" at the end of the 3 months he asked them about payment and what they were going to offer him in terms of a salary they said, that his question was un professional and that he is not a team player my friend said, he won't continue unless they agree to pay him his boss said he will only agree to pay him the equivalent of 1,000 dollars a month no more then that. My friend said, no thanks and left. I told my friend to file a complaint but he refused he said he just doesn't want to deal with that company again. (This was not an internship btw.)

[@Randleray]

My first (real) job after school was not exactly toxic. I worked a machine to fill in gaps with glue in woodplancs. My collegues have been ok for the most part. It was just the senior boss which had some serious bad antics from time to time. Multiple times my direct forworker told me to do stuff, 10 minutes in senior boss arrives and asks me, why I am doing what I am doing right now. I told him because xyz told me to do it. The senior knew very well that might be true, because of obvious reasons in that context. But just because he was the senior boss, he told me to do something slightly different. It wasnt bad, and the senior was just the average boomer dick. That is long time ago now and the development with managers and bosses we see today stems directly from individuals like my senior boss back in the day who thought he could overrule orders, even tho they just didnt help or made anyone more productive, it was just for the sake of making clear he had the ability to command.

[@huntermccoy7641]

Btw digging the 80s corn stache. Once it gets a little longer itll be glorious.

[@trexinvert]

Only workpkace rule is to meet ur mgrs expectation. Simple. Just do it. Get paid. Whats that. Document expectations. Dont be silly. u cant predict how a person feels or expects to do every day. Just work hard and make ur mgr smile. If hes not smiling, work harder. Yeaaaaahhh. ~Bill Lumbergh, Initech