CVS Managers Don't Know (or Just Don't Play by) the Rules
Federal labor inspectors found 43 CVS stores changed employee timecards and violated child labor laws. It's not quite a Gap in India scenario, but still, policy was clearly ignored. The department found that CVS violated the law governing how many hours and how late minors can work, and also allowed 78 minors, aged 15 to 17, to operate cardboard balers. Furthermore, managers incorrectly edited time cards for 51 employees. CVS will pay $38,000 in back wages and $226,598 in fines. In a written statement, the company promised to train managers and employees on store policy:
"The settlement agreement includes implementation of manager training during manager orientation; training of minors in regard to these work limitations and provision of information to parents of minors upon hire; and posting stickers, restricting keys and prohibiting minors from entering areas that have restricted equipment over which CVS/pharmacy does not have control."How is it that CVS is just now implementing manager training to communicate basic store policies? Either the company has serious flaws in its orientation process or managers have some type of motivation to skim employees' wages -- perhaps pressure to meet business objectives and/or a desire to attain incentives.
(CVS Harmacy image courtesy of Petroleum Jelliffe, cc 2.0)