I Call Bullshit

[longbottle]

I was Talking with Sherman, and he told me that the wine classes aren't time and a half, since they're billed to a different department of the company as "training".

I think it's bullshit to have to go there and sit in a wine class (that's useless to me so long I'm working at this store anyway) after working a full 40 hours that week, and not be

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[ak111]

Usually, no, as long as it gets you above 40 hours. But there are ways to get around it.

I guess you'll know come that paycheck, eh?

[longbottle]

Sherman claims that they get out of it by claiming that it's "training".

I don't see how they can do that. It's 40+ hours doing job functions for the same company.

[ak111]

"Should I earn overtime pay for attending a training class?

If your employer makes you attend a training class during or outside of your regular work hours, then the time probably counts as "hours worked". Your employer will owe you overtime pay, if all hours you worked (including the training class) exceed 40 in the same workweek. For example, if you've already worked 38 hours and a mandatory training class adds another 4 hours, for a total of 42 in a workweek, then your employer likely owes you 2 hours of overtime pay. Whether or not your employer would owe you overtime pay for other training scenarios, depends on "if this, then that" factors that are a bit too convoluted to explain here. Step through the FLSA Hours Worked Advisor to learn about other training scenarios."

http://jobsearchtech.about.com/od/laborlaws/l/aa082602_3.htm

[longbottle]

Thanks for the reference there.