My question involves employment and labor law for the state of: Texas
For the past year I have been working with a large private company that has offices in Austin, Houston, San Antonio, and Dallas/Fort Worth.
I started, contracted, for 27.5 hours per week, in July of 2013.
However, in September of 2013, I started working a consistent 30 hours per week by covering for other people that were taking time off.
In my company, there is an "understanding" that our owner refuses to pay overtime, and because of that I am "asked" to "roll-over" any hours that go over the 40 hour mark to the next week.
This has been going on for the past year.
I was even told that an employee was fired over forcing the issue with the owner
As of right now, I'm sitting on a pool of about 35 hours that I'm having to roll over constantly, with the holidays I keep being asked to cover since I'm the only qualified person to do so in my department, that pool is continuously growing
As I've been working a consistent 30 hours or more a week, I had yet to be offered ACA benefits from my employer, however, I was told, and I have in writing from my director, that I will be added to Full time status and offered benefits in January 2015.
However, I was moved to 35 hours "officially" in September as my official start time at my job was bumped back to an earlier start time.
Why I bring up sexual discrimination, is that a company wide email went out last week in which all the employees that were being offered the insurance stipend were all females, some of which I know work the same number of hours that I do, and have had the benefit for much longer.
Before you ask, all of my emails are backed up on a remote server, independent of my company's so I have more than enough proof of my "scheduled" hours and the hours that I "agreed" to work covering for people.
There are some weeks that I work 60+ hours, and am forced to roll over 20 or more hours of work that should be getting paid at a much higher rate.
Do I have a case to bring to bear against this employer?
Frankly, I've had enough and the only reason why I've stuck with this so long is that I need the money.
But this is becoming unbearable.
For the past year I have been working with a large private company that has offices in Austin, Houston, San Antonio, and Dallas/Fort Worth.
I started, contracted, for 27.5 hours per week, in July of 2013.
However, in September of 2013, I started working a consistent 30 hours per week by covering for other people that were taking time off.
In my company, there is an "understanding" that our owner refuses to pay overtime, and because of that I am "asked" to "roll-over" any hours that go over the 40 hour mark to the next week.
This has been going on for the past year.
I was even told that an employee was fired over forcing the issue with the owner
As of right now, I'm sitting on a pool of about 35 hours that I'm having to roll over constantly, with the holidays I keep being asked to cover since I'm the only qualified person to do so in my department, that pool is continuously growing
As I've been working a consistent 30 hours or more a week, I had yet to be offered ACA benefits from my employer, however, I was told, and I have in writing from my director, that I will be added to Full time status and offered benefits in January 2015.
However, I was moved to 35 hours "officially" in September as my official start time at my job was bumped back to an earlier start time.
Why I bring up sexual discrimination, is that a company wide email went out last week in which all the employees that were being offered the insurance stipend were all females, some of which I know work the same number of hours that I do, and have had the benefit for much longer.
Before you ask, all of my emails are backed up on a remote server, independent of my company's so I have more than enough proof of my "scheduled" hours and the hours that I "agreed" to work covering for people.
There are some weeks that I work 60+ hours, and am forced to roll over 20 or more hours of work that should be getting paid at a much higher rate.
Do I have a case to bring to bear against this employer?
Frankly, I've had enough and the only reason why I've stuck with this so long is that I need the money.
But this is becoming unbearable.
Compensation and Overtime: Overtime, Aca, and Sexual Discrimination
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