'Check out my paycheck now, boss': School teacher gets docked 11.5 hours pay due to district manager's attempts to ‘save herself’, gets paid an extra $3500 instead

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    "Check out my paycheck now, boss!"
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    Just sign this document that will dock you 11.5 hours....
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    I'm a middle school teacher who speaks fluent Spanish, thanks to growing up in the West Valley (Go Suns!). The fact that I'm bilingual has given me many opportunities, including one where a teacher in charge of an English Language Learner (ELL, important acronym for later) program gave me the opportunity to tutor students twice weekly, plus an additional fifteen minutes per every hour worked as prep time.
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    Okay cool, so mondays and fridays I punch in fifteen minutes before 2:20, during my 7th hour prep, then punch out at 3:30 when the kids left. No problem, right? Wrong. At the end of the year I get an email saying I'm being docked 11.5 hours that were punched in before the end of the day. I was livid. They claimed I'm getting double paid, but I looked through everything I signed off on, and didn't
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    remember seeing any restrictions on WHEN I was to punch in for those hours. We met in the office and the district representative had me sign this document, and she showed me the contract I signed. Nowhere did it specify when I was to punch in those hours, and I brought this to both peoples attention who was present, but Federal Action Plan (fap?) Office Lady persisted, "Just sign it! You can't get double paid!"
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    Enter Malicious Compliance I signed quickly, this time using my "middle name ", which happens to be ok thi$ bu hit. It read O fk this bu P. I happen to know the person at district office, DO Savior, who will be reviewing this paperwork, and know that she'll either ask me what's up, or to have me resign an obvious Non signature.
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    Like clockwork I got a phone call on my 7th hour prep from DOSavior. She asked why I signed like this, and why I'm being docked. I explained my working with the two new students who don't speak any English all year, and even teaching them both English all year. I explained that no one said anything All Year, and that I'd have made the adjustment to get paid those hours the entire school year.
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    She (dos) says "wait a minute, you were on your prep time right? And you're bilingual? Do you have a cert?" All answers were yes. My next paycheck was $3500 more than my standard paycheck, coming out of The FAP LAdys budget for Federal Action plans. I was very confused at first.
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    It appears that I CAN punch in during my contract hours if it is on my scheduled prep, and because I have an ELL endorsement (I got this endorsement working with monolingual students in the west valley) and my direct supervisor on campus doesn't, I get paid as an ELL leader on campus, quite the stipend. So what was supposed to be a 345 dollar deduction in pay for me turned out to be ten times greater, as a deduction from THEIR department paid directly to me.
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    So looks like FAP lady's right... I CANT get double paid. But looks like I can get DoubleQuintuple paid! TLDR- District office Paper Pusher tries to apply a nonexistent rule retroactively to save herself a Buck. She lost 11 of those "bucks" to me. Thanks!
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    Legitimate_Roll7514 - 2 yr. ago I once signed a write up as Eat A. Bagod s Reply Share 3.8k pakallakikochino - 2 yr. ago Oh, please tell us this back story. Reply Share 764
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    Legitimate_Roll7514 - 2 yr. ago The company I worked for had a strict attendance policy. I was supposed to have fmla but the paperwork got delayed. So they decided to write me up. I knew they never really check the signatures and I didn't sign it legibly so nobody noticed. I admit it felt really good to do it. It was my pathetic little fak you to HR. I have since retired. 1.5k Reply Share
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    [deleted] 2 yr. ago Nice! As if teachers don't have it hard enough, they try to pull some nonsense on you. Glad you came out on top in the end. What were the reactions of the people who wanted to dock your pay? Were they p ed? Reply Share 1.1k
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    [deleted] 2 yr. ago TL DR= You are certified, paper pusher boss ain't. You got paid. Good for you. Reply Share 4.1k StangF150 2 yr. ago makes it sound a lil sus don't it? Like the Paper Pusher Boss was a bit jealous so tried to take OP's pay the opposite direction that the Paper Pusher Boss KNEW it should really go!! 736 Reply Share
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    StangF150 2 yr. ago OP, keep an eye on your hours, your pay, and anything else coming from that Supervisor. As I would expect sum petty BS to be coming from them at some point! 242 Reply Share not LOL 2 yr. ago Track changes. If it becomes a habitual problem. Consult your lawyer. 14 Reply Share
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    Trong bố Stabbmaster 2 yr. ago Making other departments pay for their stupidity is always the best way to make them see they are doing things incorrectly and they need to shut up before driving into other peoples lanes. Reply Share 70
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    Elvishgirl 2 yr. ago You deserve every penny. I can't believe they tried to get you to clock out for prep time. ↑ 55 ↓ Reply Share lurkmode_off 2 yr. ago They were clocking their extracurricular prep time at the same time as their contracted prep time. Reply Share 15
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    76 sreppok 2 yr. ago My small school district of 2600 students has broken the law regarding employees in one way or another at least a dozen times this year. My very strong union notifies them to cease and desist, and they usually do so. I ask you: are they being incompetent or malicious? Either way, IT IS UP TO US TO CALL THEM ON IT. ↑ 21 ↓ Reply Share
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    [deleted] 2 yr. ago My favorite was an old friend who signed the company policy agreement, like everyone else. Fast forward, he gets in trouble, HR informed him he broke an office "Rule". So he sitting in the HR office door closed. AND... we hear the HR lady yell, God n It! She storms out tell the admin she's taking an early lunch. It was 9:30am, lol.
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    Here is how it went down. HR: well, Mike I'm going to have to write you up for (enter bs here). It's a breach of company policy. Mike: I don't remember signing any policy agreement. HR: sorting through the filing cabinet. Here is the document you signed. Hands it to Mike. See! Mike said, It's definitely signed, but who the hell is Pinocchio Alvarez?
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    HR: exit stage left. We still call Mike, Pinocchio. 10 years later. 16 Reply Share

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