Belk is under fire for requiring non exempt, hourly workers under “lead, key holder, counter managers, or visual manager” title to complete job related tasks, and or answer or generate company related emails, texts, phone calls, or respond to store alarms while off the clock. If you are hourly, you are not required to complete any work related tasks without hours being documented and paid. Even a simple work related text, must be paid. This is flagrant violation of wage and hour laws.
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@OP they’ve been in trouble for this violation before.
If someone is hourly and not on the clock
You cannot call or text them with work related issues without them being paid. It’s as simple as that.
Only respond to calls, texts, emails during normal business hours. That’s what I do, it’s too bad if they don’t like it.
In our store the key holders do a lot of the management tasks, even being called when the alarm goes off in the middle of the night.
The elimination of salaried managers is a huge red flag somehow is terribly wrong. Anyone who is hourly should not be required to complete management tasks. A true manager is a salaried employee.