Okay so these days I'm the Accountant and Human Resources Administrator for a Turkish Rug and European Antiquities and Vintage, Furniture and Accessories store.

I can tell you that unless you are paid on a Salary basis it is illegal in every State in the U.S. for you to be expected/told to work over 40 hours a week and not get compensated at time and a half. It is also not legal for your employer to not give you breaks or a lunch if you work an 8 hour day. Your employer is required to give you a 15 min paid break for each 4 hours that you work, and at least a 30 minute unpaid lunch.

I would very strongly suggest that you make an anonymous call into your local "Employment Security Office" and report these infractions. Because this is wrong for you and every other person they are doing it to.

I hope you get the other job and its better for you.

Take care,
Kat

A Huge Ditito on what Kat wrote, illegal as heck! Also, should you need to leave due to health issues due to abuse, at the employment department you can report them as 'hostile work environment' and you'll be able to collect unemployment insurance. I really hope you will get this new job, if not please contact unemployment, they have a lot of free services and classes to help you find a job...all the best to you!!!!

Yea file an complaint. Maybe you can shift over to unemployment until you find something better? Not sure. I would file a complaint. Like the previous posters mentioned. Hope you find something better soon.

Maybe the job for $2.50 more will work out? I hope something comes your way soon.

My hope is the new job will work out....

Yeah, have you checked into maybe being able to receive social security? It can help if they will,... but, I filled out and sent this great reply earlier but I couldn't get it to send but now I tried again and got this far, which is way better than my last try, so I will try again although now I see it was another different post,....always something huh? C'est le merde and all that , maybe the other will see this and know it was originally for them or something,....lol,........anyway, the other person was feeling weird and was taking bipolar drugs and was feeling confused about it all,.. So I wrote, maybe you should try not taking the drugs a few days,... Just sit and contemplate on the abundance of it all, God is good and has things covered, think about all there is in this life and how it's all there for us to check out while we are here,.....there is plenty, peace is found through this,.....our appreciation of God and putting us here to check it out,.... You got hearing? What about all the fantastic music that was made in people protesting against the Vietnam war and for civil rights,...etc.....in the sixties and early seventies. The war was baloney and the government supporting it was baloney but the music that came from all that tumult sure wasn't....right?......we gotta go through the bad to get to the good sometimes and that can be a drag but it's usually worth it when we get there right?.....not that I know anything about anything in this life, I'm like most I think,..... Ethan Hawke in the movie 'Boyhood' says a really cool thing when his son asks what it's all about......Hawke's character says something like,..... I don't know man,....and I don't think anybody else does either,... We are just making it up as we go........ That's the coolest most truthful line I have seen in a long time.......it's kinda like saying, just take it as it comes and trip on all the cool things that are huh? But I will say to you at this post, if they are treating you uncool at your job,...best maybe to find another job with people more kind, loving, caring and considerate and all for less money than to suffer for more,....and any job not paying overtime for over 40hours a week is most likely a job not worth having but believe me, I have been where your at and bit the bullet and just moved on and it worked out in the end, finally found some peace so it was worth it. People who aren't kind toward us are usually not worth knowing....,..well look at me..... This long, long e and now it's time to see if it gets out,....lol...... Such fun,... Good luck Amigoes,...... God is good no matter what!

I was thinking today about you and what my friend did when she was building her case for hostile work environment. She had a book to write down every situation, conversation, abuse etc. Also, date it took place and time. She also wrote down each time she was kept over and not paid, and like you worked through her lunch. Please post with what is happening with the job you interviewed for and I hope you are feeling much better today :-) ML

@Apache:
I'm not sure if you have BiPolar or not, I've not seen you around here, but in reference to the very confusing post you wrote.

You wrote, "So I wrote, maybe you should try not taking the drugs a few days,... Just sit and contemplate on the abundance of it all" That kind of advice to someone who has BiPolar is very dangerous it can cause severe medical issues and severe psychological issues. There's a reason that Pdocs wean and taper patients off of Psych meds.

It takes a while to get the medication cocktails right, and yes sometimes you have to deal with Side Effects, but that's what you do...you ride them out, because the effects don't last forever, but he meds do help you get your life Stable.

God and Bipolar can coexist in the same world, many of us believe in both, but I implore you to not tell BiPolar patients to just stop taking their meds, because that can cause a whole bucketful of additional problems.

Take care,

It is easier to find a better job if you already have a job. Discontent with your current job can be beneficially channeled into the job hunt.

Channel it, baby, channel it. Get picky about it. We spend entirely too many hours at work to be unhappy with what we've got. Sending lots of hopes for an upgrade in the employment situation.

Ok I sent it he guy who told me not to tell a bipolar person to maybe try quit taking their drugs and see how that made them feel......I sent an apology because he's right.... if I know nothing about it I shouldn't comment on it so I apologize to everyone else about it too.....ok live and learn! That's me.....lol