Discussion:Wage & Hour Audit
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Death&Taxes (talk|edits) said: | 17 January 2008 |
| A man owned a small building business in northern Michigan. One day the State of Michigan Hourly Wage Department contacted him and claimed that he was not paying proper hourly wages to his employees. They sent an agent out to interview him. "I need a list of your employees and how much you pay them," demanded the agent.
"Well," replied the builder, "there's my master carpenter who's been with me for 10 years, so I pay him $15 .00 an hour and give him the use of the company pick-up truck, plus benefits. Then there is our apprentice carpenter who I pay $ 10.00 an hour, plus benefits. Also, a half-wit works here, who puts in about 18 hours a day, does about 50% of the work and buys his own truck. He makes about $1.00 an hour and gets no benefits. I buy him a fifth of vodka every week and he quite often sleeps with my wife." The agent exclaimed, "That's the guy I want to talk to, the half-wit!" The builder replied, "That would be me. | |
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