Comments on: Expensive Hair Spray http://retailbandit.com/2009/04/hair_spray/ When checkout isn't simple Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:42:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sue http://retailbandit.com/2009/04/hair_spray/comment-page-1/#comment-378 Sue Tue, 05 May 2009 09:02:50 +0000 http://retailbandit.com/?p=737#comment-378 Our local Wal-Mart store overcharged an employee shopping on her off the clock time and was told store employees were not eligible for the 10X rebate. Is this correct? Our local Wal-Mart store overcharged an employee shopping on her off the clock time and was told store employees were not eligible for the 10X rebate. Is this correct?

]]> By: Retail Bandit http://retailbandit.com/2009/04/hair_spray/comment-page-1/#comment-380 Retail Bandit Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:07:27 +0000 http://retailbandit.com/?p=737#comment-380 This is not true, there is no exemption in the law for employees. Just remember that Michigan is a right to work state. They can fire her for no reason at all or for any reason and I can tell you from experience that it's hard to fight. I was working for Subway and said Merry Christmas to some customers. I was later pulled aside and told that I wasn't allowed to wish customers a Merry Christmas, so I called Subway's Corporate office for clarification and was informed that that was not Subway's policy but the owners policy. The next day I went into work and was terminated. Of course I couldn't get an attorney to help me fight my wrongful termination and when I called the Michigan Department of Labor - Wage, Labor and Hour division, I was told that they could fire me because I was an at-will employee and there was nothing I could do about it. Simply put she needs to weigh her job against what the law allows and if she can live with her decision. Thanks for asking, This is not true, there is no exemption in the law for employees. Just remember that Michigan is a right to work state. They can fire her for no reason at all or for any reason and I can tell you from experience that it’s hard to fight.

I was working for Subway and said Merry Christmas to some customers. I was later pulled aside and told that I wasn’t allowed to wish customers a Merry Christmas, so I called Subway’s Corporate office for clarification and was informed that that was not Subway’s policy but the owners policy.

The next day I went into work and was terminated. Of course I couldn’t get an attorney to help me fight my wrongful termination and when I called the Michigan Department of Labor – Wage, Labor and Hour division, I was told that they could fire me because I was an at-will employee and there was nothing I could do about it.

Simply put she needs to weigh her job against what the law allows and if she can live with her decision.

Thanks for asking,

]]> By: Sue http://retailbandit.com/2009/04/hair_spray/comment-page-1/#comment-379 Sue Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:06:49 +0000 http://retailbandit.com/?p=737#comment-379 Our local Wal-Mart store overcharged an employee shopping on her off the clock time and was told store employees were not eligible for the 10X rebate. Is this correct? Our local Wal-Mart store overcharged an employee shopping on her off the clock time and was told store employees were not eligible for the 10X rebate. Is this correct?

]]> By: Retail Bandit http://retailbandit.com/2009/04/hair_spray/comment-page-1/#comment-374 Retail Bandit Wed, 15 Apr 2009 08:38:49 +0000 http://retailbandit.com/?p=737#comment-374 Dear Tammy, That is a huge overcharge. Unfortunately, you only have 30-days under the Michigan Scanner Law to claim the bounty. You are fortunate that the store is agreeing to refund the overcharge at all. This could have been an expensive lesson. Always check your receipts! Dear Tammy,

That is a huge overcharge. Unfortunately, you only have 30-days under the Michigan Scanner Law to claim the bounty. You are fortunate that the store is agreeing to refund the overcharge at all. This could have been an expensive lesson.

Always check your receipts!

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