ST. PETERSBURG, FL -- You may love your job, but would still show up if payday didn't come like clock work?
Nursing student Peta Morris worked part time at St. Petersburg College to make ends meet. "It was mostly clerical work, typing, answering phones. They would put the funds directly into my bank account," she says.
The Fair Labor Standards Act affects most public and private employment. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the FLSA requires employers to pay covered non-exempt
Employees at least the federal minimum wage.
Peta's paycheck found its way into her account every Friday, until one payday, when the money peta relied on for books, gas and food seemingly vanished.
"The college was trying to tell me it was deposited, but basically there was no record of it."
Peta bounced back and forth between her bank and her boss.
"My mom was trying to calm me down, but it is a horrible feeling not to get paid."
This co-ed felt she exhausted all her options by the time she contacted Jackie Callaway.
She called St. Petersburg College and asked for an explanation. In an email the payroll department told her, "the employee added an additional 4 digits to her account number on the direct deposit form that she turned in. I can only assume that since her bank posted the first couple payments that they modified the file and removed the last couple digits."
Peta contends her account number has never changed, still the next day SPC resolved her problem. "They told me to come and get my check. I felt relieved. I was like 'wow'."
