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[trueblaze]

Does anyone here know where I can find information on laws pertaining to part time employees? Particularly South Dakota laws and ones involving overnight employees.

Right now, the guy who runs the store I work at is really pissing off us part timers in the night stock crew and it's getting to the point where all getting together and walking out or something like that soon. If things do get that far, and knowing how much of a money grubber the owner is it probably will, I wanna have a bunch of legal information on all the things he's doing that he's not supposed to be doing so I can beat him over the head with it *evil grin*.

Just so you have an idea of some of the crap we have to put up with, here is one of the biggest things that currently pissing us off:

When I started working at the store two years ago we had three or four more full time employees than we have right now (and two of the full timers we have now are on extended medical leave and one is on "vacation" for drinking on the job). Since then the owner decided to start hiring part time employees only. Why? Because he can work us like full timers but doesn't have to pay us vacation time, quarterly bonuses, or holiday pay.

Our store already makes more money than any of the other grocery store of the same type in the city (there are five total) and yet it pays it's employees the lowest wages AND he's trying to do everything he can to screw us out of what money we should be making. Infact, one of our full time employees heard him say at the quarterly bonus meeting that he thought there were too many full timers on night stock because it was cutting into HIS quarterly bonus.

Not to mention, one of the day time managers quite literally called one of the part timers an idiot to our manager IN FRONT OF five part timers (who were staying late to help face the store) for thinking he deserved holiday pay. Then when that part timer who was called an idiot went to talk to the owner about it, the owner made a comment that he wasn't going to fill the full time night stock position that was open with a someone who was already working part time at night because he didn't think any of us were qualified for the job (ya because I've only been working there for two years and could face an isle in twenty minutes when it takes five day shift people an hour).

Oh and their is much more than that that's pissing us off believe you me.


I'm a data miner, I love looking up and learning random information, and for my part I intend on looking up legal information to counter the stupid crap I know he's going to try and do once things start to heat up.

[trueblaze]

...gee guys, your concern so far is overwheming >.>"

[rumor]

I'll do some digging. Get back to you in a little while. Anything else he's doing?

[grandmasterdewei]

I will help too. Sorry I didn't see this.

[kehaul]

My knowledge of part-time, is that it exists so companies have employees they can ask to bend over while they shove a foot long iron rod up their ass. If you don't say "Please sir may I have another?" after they have inserted it, then they have all the excuse they need to fire you. Short of being part of a union, minimum wage is the only real guarantee you get. I could be mistaken though.

[Giltia RYS]

Blaze, you silly fool. What are you thinking? You have no creativity when it comes to these matters. Let King of Zeroes assist your vengeance.

For starters, don't walk off the job. Stay, and support your boss' decision. Suck up, real browner like. This may be painful, but sometimes you must suffer for art. And vengeance IS art.

Now that you've gotten on his good side, invite him and his family for dinner. Make something nice. If you don't know how to cook, by canned crap and just prepare it so it looks nice.

This is the tricky part. You need to chat up his wife without putting her on the defensive.

If you succeed, sleep with his wife. If she's ugly, suck it up. You have years to repress the memories. Your boss however, will cry himself to sleep every night for the rest of his life.

Mission, COMPLETE!

[Idei]

... I think Giltia is on to something. Heed his advice.

[trueblaze]

....unfortiantly he's not married.

[Giltia RYS]

Kay.

Change of plans. Sleep with him, post pictures all over the internet.

YEARS TO REPRESS!

Also, to save yourself from the same fate as him, BDSM lets you wear leather masks so nobody will recognize you.

[trueblaze]

.......um.....I'll say no to that plan

[Mordred]

Burn down the owner's house.

[Giltia RYS]

That's not so good. Owner has insurance, and he can probably regain his assets over the course of a year.

Meanwhile burning down someones house tends to come with jail time. And we ALL know what happens in Jail. There isn't one of us here that doesn't.

I don't think I need to tell you who's getting the short end of the stick here. Mainly because only one of them is getting "the stick". Which is now a metaphor for buttsecks.

[Mordred]

What part of "burn down the owner's house" don't you understand?