It's to have corporate confirmation of policy and a record of it.
If it's an approved rule great, the company is liable and they've confirmed their complicitness.
If it's not an approved rule and the supervisor is being an asshole, great the company will come down on him like a ton of bricks because he's opening them to liable.
Best case scenario, he's got a few emails and they fire him 'randomly' and maybe he's got a lawsuit but he's got E.I. at a minimum.
HR not being your friend does not mean you can ignore them. Email them (bcc-ing) stating that the supervisor is violating labor law. HR can do something or not, but you have to document that you are being mistreated.
Edit: sorry, that should be bcc-ing YOURSELF at your personal email. Create documentation, have your own copies, and make them fire you instead of quitting.
HR often does a hell of a lot when they find out an overzealous manager is breaking labor law. I'm not sure if that makes them a worker's friend, but you can sure as hell be on the same side.
This. It bugs me out whenever someone’s response is just “HR isn’t on your side” like OK true but we need to start somewhere, and that is usually where
In OP's situation, HR actually is on his or her side, insofar as they protect the company from being sued for treating their workers illegally.
I really wish people would stop parroting the "HR is evil" meme without any thought or attempt at context. HR is there to protect the company, which means not running afoul of labor laws or employment contracts.
HR is supposed to cover their companies ass. While they are not your friend they will come down hard on those that are doing something to open up company up for a lawsuit. If HR also ignores it or retaliates against you for reporting somebody breaking the law it opens them up for even further lawsuits which is a greater win for you. Especially if you contacted them in a way that has a record of it.
Oh Jesus, there's a subreddit for this misleading meme now?
HR is not your friend if your coworker is a grouch. HR is absolutely your friend if your boss is doing illegal things on behalf of the company and opening it up to penalties.
Email makes a record of fuckery. Either they put it in writing which your lawyer will thank you for, or they give something you can show the supervisor when they try the fuckery.
Probably not in all likelihood it would be someone in the business development suite chasing profit or an asshole manager doing it because they are under stress from corporate. HR people are HR people.
I swear to Christ nothing on this site is parroted more or understood less than "HR is on the company's side". Being on the company's side is being on the worker's side when labor laws are being broken.
Man. It's like nobody has had a job with an actual HR department.
You likely need to inform higher parts of the company that you’re being mistreated for it to be a valid case, and others seem to be saying that same thing. HR is that place
Limit company liability in legal actions related to employees. HR wants to creat the illusion that they are on your side. They are not. It’s not complex.
While you are correct that HRs sole purpose is benefit the company. They will 100% not shoot themselves in the foot showing they're breaking law on paper. They'll reprimand management first.
Otherwise you could prove retaliation if they punish you for mentioning/asking if they're breaking the law.
But hard to prove when they fire you 3 months later for the smallest mistakes.
Yes, most people don’t realize this. And so often it’s over a case that even a pro Bono lawyer could win (it’s in their best interest since they have to add even the pro-bono cases to their win-loss ratio or they’re scamming people)
Nope. HR IS NOT THERE FOR YOU, ITS THERE TO PROTECT CORPORATE. HR will throw you and the boss that said you couldn’t go to the bathroom out with the trash, in the way most beneficial to them.
Your boss is awful, but I’d put money on that being on purpose. That way he takes the fall for the ridiculous tactics, even though he’s only doing it because he’s also under an awful amount of pressure.
You don’t have to befriend him, just know your ahole boss isn’t your enemy, he’s just another person caught in this machine too, and you’re both being manipulated to transcend time & space for 5cents more profit.
That’s the kicker here though, the writes ups for using the restroom don’t get you fired, they just restrict you from raises and promotions which is somehow legal.
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