Help Wanted: Giving back pay for storm days
Photo credit: iStock | Cafeteria workers at a school district who got five paid days off after superstorm Sandy now are being asked to work five days without pay. Can this be done?
Carrie Mason-Draffen
Carrie Mason-Draffen Mason-Draffen, a business reporter, writes a column about workplace issues.
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DEAR CARRIE: I work as a part-time, nonexempt food service worker in a school district. I work five hours a day. We were out of work for a week because of superstorm Sandy. Still, the district paid us for those days. But here's the punch line: We later had to work three days with no pay. And the Friday before Memorial Day and the Tuesday after Memorial Day we have to work with no pay. So we will...
