https://www.law360.com/employment-authority/articles/1564731/wells-fargo-workers-tell-3rd-circ-to-hold-off-wage-decision
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The employees forced to work overtime is so their Managers can get a better bonus, while overworked employees get a "Needs Improvement" performance plan.
While it’s not illegal in many states, think of how many hours “exempt” employees are working at Wells Fargo.
If you are coded as exempt, Wells Fargo can make you work as many hours as they demand without breaks and even without lunch. All for some bs bonus which is not guaranteed.
Our department just told us that we are going to start working an hour later several days per week to accommodate a new service being offered. That puts us at 10 1/2 hours per day, with no lunch and no breaks. Our manager was not apologetic in any way, just put it out there like he was telling us about a new class we have to take.
Scrwing over American Workers is game today
While keeping it quiet so no one will say
You are isolated for a reason
When you get fired theres no treason
Your severance package depends on this way
Americans prefer to be individual
Corp executives depend on this divisional
They say uniting is not our style
Because if we did to corps we'd be hostile
Unions to them is more criminal
CEO proclaim per quarter with glee
to shareholders expenses are draining
they award him by buying more stock
so his options vest in the money bloc
while americans lose their jobs to indian rupee
I think this is the whole case
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/wells-fargo-wage-suit-sets-up-clash-between-arbitration-notices
Looks like the bank is going to push this all the way to the supreme court.
They feel that strongly about arbitration....
If you are an employee, step back and really think about who you work for
Off-the-Clock
The case stems from former Wells Fargo mortgage loan officer Sandra Bruno’s FLSA lawsuit, filed in 2019. Bruno alleged the bank required her and other workers in her role to work overtime hours without recording them in the timekeeping system.
Judge Robert Colville of the US District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, a Trump appointee, granted Bruno’s motion for conditional certification in 2021. Wells Fargo must turn over names, mailing addresses, telephone numbers, and other contact information for the potential collective members, he ordered.
The bank’s argument for excluding workers who signed arbitration agreements was premature, Colville said, noting he had no ability to determine whether those contracts to arbitrate are enforceable. To rule otherwise would cause further delays, he said.
A month later, Colville granted Wells Fargo’s special request to appeal his conditional certification order, citing legal uncertainty about what type of inquiry is necessary to determine whether an arbitration agreement is valid.
The case will go before a Third Circuit panel of Judges Theodore McKee, a Clinton appointee; L. Felipe Restrepo, an Obama appointee, and Stephanos Bibas, a Trump appointee.