So now the Nevada labor board has no interest in upholding the law for us peons.

Long story short: My wife was terminated from a job she'd held for nearly 5 years on April 1st. According to the Nevada Revised Statutes (NRS), her employer is to make her final paycheck available to her within three calendar days, which would have been the 4th at the latest. If an employee is not paid within three calendar days, then that employee is entitled to additional compensation at the rate of 8 hours pay per day for the next 30 days until such pay is finally received. That's the goddamn law, and one would expect the law actually be followed, right?

RIGHT?

She's made numerous calls to the company (a large call center employing several hundred here and thousands more globally), and has spoken to her old supervisors, the head of the department she worked in, and others yet could never get a straight answer about when she'd be paid. She also had not been getting her due vacation hours on her paychecks for nearly two months, and was never given a satisfactory answer about that either.

Finally, in exasperation, we looked up the NRS concerning employment law and termination pay and bookmarked the applicable code sections. When she called the company today and started quoting the law word for word to somebody there, she finally was given a direct transfer to payroll. Finally. Of course, they tell her that her check is ready, but that "due to the nature of her termination" -- total bullshit in itself, but a very long story which I won't bore you with -- she would not be receiving her paid vacation time no matter what, due to "company policy".

We made a call to the State Labor Board about all of this just a while ago. The lady on the phone was very polite with both of us, and was sympathetic when my wife lost control and began to cry because of the enormous frustration she is feeling. But, here's the gist of it:

First, the labor board can't intercede whatsoever in the issue of back vacation time. The lady explained that the law only applies to wages and salary, but not benefits other than insurance issues like COBRA. Okay, we're not happy with that but we can accept it, I guess.

Second -- and this is truly outrageous -- the lady on the phone explained that the office's investigators are no longer able to enforce the law with regard to termination pay "in most cases", "because of the state of the economy".

So, not only are people in this state having an almost impossible time finding employment to begin with, but the system has no interest in backing up those who aren't even being given their final paychecks in a timely manner. I should note that until my wife finally went Legal Eagle on these dipshits at her job, they were asking her to wait several additional days, due to "paperwork errors".

Everyone, please, do yourselves a favor and never take a job with Sitel. As far as call center work goes, they're about as bad as it gets.

Duplicate?

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