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Oakley Inc Complaint - Manufacturing Workers Over Working With No Days Off - Oakley Sunglasses
Oakley Sunglasses - Complaint
FOOTHILL RANCH, CALIFORNIA -- Hi people I use to work for Oakley inc a couple year ago. When I started working they told me a pretty sounding story that the work was easy and stress free after a couple of months we started working Monday tru Sunday we work like for a whole month with out any day off the people that work on the office only work Monday thru Friday and us. I felt like a slave and if I complain the only thing they told me if you don't like it there is the door I was can off scared but I had no choice I needed work and money. Is there any law that can help out all those manufacturing workers from over working or is slavery back again can some one help us out or are we stuck here till deaf does us apart.
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Posted by ktisnumeroUNO on 2012-01-17:
It differs state to state, but I really dont believe there is anything to stop them from scheduling you whenever, as long as your an adult with no working restrictions (which if you were working M-Sun you do not). I looked into some of the laws in NYS regarding work hours when I worked at RadioShack and was required to work a 17 1/2 hour work day on Black Friday. Its not ideal, its not nice, but it's unfortunately business as usual for them and there are people out there that would rather work like "slaves" (even though you're being a bit melodramatic.. Slaves don't get paid for their labor and you were) then be unemployed for weeks, months, years...
Posted by Churro on 2012-01-17:
I got this from an FAQ on California labor law
"The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) does not limit the number of hours per day, or per week, that an adult employee can be required to work. However if you initially agreed to work say 5 days a week, and your employer unilaterally decides to increase your work schedule to 7 days a week hoping you will quit, this may be deemed a termination and would entitle the employee to unemployment insurance benefits, and possibly damages for wrongful termination."
Back in the day workers fought and died for a five day work week and this thing we call a weekend. It's a shame it's increasingly being taken away so easily without so much as whimper out of unemployment fear. Hang in there man.
"The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) does not limit the number of hours per day, or per week, that an adult employee can be required to work. However if you initially agreed to work say 5 days a week, and your employer unilaterally decides to increase your work schedule to 7 days a week hoping you will quit, this may be deemed a termination and would entitle the employee to unemployment insurance benefits, and possibly damages for wrongful termination."
Back in the day workers fought and died for a five day work week and this thing we call a weekend. It's a shame it's increasingly being taken away so easily without so much as whimper out of unemployment fear. Hang in there man.
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