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" A smart person would look at the information and take it at face value. If the client says she worked 127 hours and has it documented, then she worked 127 hours. Those people out there that "can't believe" someone would work that many hours, has never been put in the situation where you HAD to work that many hours. If this girl hadn't worked that many hours, she could have been fired or even lose room and board. That is a pretty good reason to suck it up and work the 127 hours. Stand up for what you believe in, even when it is hard. "

" So are you saying that you were dorm monitors for most of the time you are asking ISU to pay you overtime for? If that is true, and the clients were Jr. & Sr. High kids, I think you deserve overtime. Watching and being responsible for teens is a taxing job, especially if they are away from home. If something bad had happened you would been in trouble, so it sounds like you deserve O.T. pay. "

" Nice try. Won't work. "

" Minimum wage is $7.50 per hour. Golf courses used to hire cart boys and range staff and pay them less than minimum wage. They compensated them by allowing them to play golf and use a cart for free during the summer. A lot of golfers liked and benifited from this program. The golf course abandoned this program after an FLSA ruling prohibited the golf privelidges as part of wages and golf courses had to start paying these employees the fair minimum wage. $4.42 per hour is not minimum wage. Is ISU summer programs somehow exempt from FLSA wage laws? How do they compensate for the income tax on free room and board? Does ISU profit from the summer programs? Where does that money go? Who gets to use the facilities for summer programs? Of course ISU has "no comment". A probe into what is going on is in order. Bowman and ISU need to address these issues to the community and public at large. "

" I sure hope Jill isn't a math major. A school week is Mon-Fri, that's 5 days. 5 multiplied times 24 equals 120. It's kind of hard to fit 127 hours into 120. "

" Taking away a person's right to comment on something? Seems a bit unconstitutional. Get off your high horse. "

" I have the right to make a comment just like you, so get over yourself "

" Hope she comes out on top of this one, ISU and all colleges should be treating their student employees better. They wouldn't abuse their teaching, operations or administrative staff like that, they have no right to single out students that way. "

" Wow, I've never worked 127 hours in one week! But there may be more to the story. Sometimes people are paid to just be "available". That might include being in their dorm room waiting for a call, or sitting at a reception desk studying for summer classes, interrupted by only occasional requests for help. Also, the free room and board has some value and should be factored in as compensation. Sounds to me like there is more that needs to be known before it can be decided, but I admire someone who stands up for what they believe to be right and hope that this gets resolved one way or another. "

" Ok. 24 times 7 =168 hours in one week. 168 minus 127=41 the numbers of hours left in the week to eat,sleep and go to all those classes that are claimed. Now 41 (the remaining free hours in the week) divided by 7 =5.8 hours per day. Now she's claiming she ate, slept,went to class all in 5.8 hours per day. I don't think so! "

" She worked 127 hours AND WENT TO CLASS! That statement will get this shot down. "

" Maybe we should fly Rod in to settle the dispute, if he is not to busy getting a make over. "

" I wish I had been brave enough to sue ISU when I went there. I had applied for the job and was told I couldn't be hired for it, because I was married and would have to live on the campus for the summer. My husband was agreeable to me doing this, but ISU wouldn't let me. They said they didn't want to cause trouble in my marriage. It wasn't going to, as my husband was agreeable to it. It was only for eight weeks. That was discrimination on the basis of marital status, and it's illegal. I was young and dumb then, so I never did anything about it. I wish I had. "

" Let me see....1,974.00 divided by 447 equals $4.42 per hour. That did not include the room and board. Ok 295 hours of overtime......at time and a half that would be $6.63 per hour equals 1,956 dollars. Toss in a little for the stress, lets say 544 dollars. Total 2500 dollars. Jay.....give them each $2500.00 for making the summer program a success and not embarrassing the administration that screwed this all up to begin with and call it a day. Why imbarrass the University and administration over such a trivial amount? Didn't these kids do a great job and represent the university well? "

" Unless you were in the situation you have no right to comment mainly because you don't know what happened. And they weren't just resident assistants they were conference assistance. "

" yes.Go for it. "

" Dang Girl "Jill North" UUUs gots some moxcey, "

" "Right" the job was "Conference Assistant, the article called it RA by mistake. When we were on duty at times we were the only ISU employee on the job in each residence hall and the residents were often high school kids or junior high kids at an athletic camp or cheerleading camp. Then either before or after working 15 hour overnight duty shifts we would work another 4 hour shift and also go to class. So believe it we were worked 60, 80, yes even 127 hours in a week. Seven days of 15 hour shifts is 105 hours, then you work your regular job checking conference attendees in and out you only need 22 hours to get to 127. Some of us were promised comp time, but then after people were fired or promoted, their hours had to be picked up by those of us who stayed. So we stuck it out until the end of the summer and fulfilled our end of the contract. Now it is time for ISU to hold up their end. "

" We are supposed to believe this person worked 127 hours in a week as a resident assistant? 17 hours every day???? Please. I was a resident assistant in college. Cush job. Free room and board. Dont like your job? Quit. "

" Sad you have to do this, but fight for what you deserve. "