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Boss Sent Me An Email Claiming I Won't Get Paid For The Hours I Was Unproductive

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Location: Pennsylvania. I work at a nursing home as a CNA and am an hourly non-exempt employee. My coworker recently got a bad case of the flu, went home for a week and she apparently had passed it to me. I had to take a few days off during the worst of it but then went back to work when I was 60% better or so. I couldn't afford to take off too much though so I went back and tried powering through.

I'll admit, I wasn't nearly as up to speed or on my game as I usually am. I was walking a lot slower, had to take frequent bathroom breaks, was slow with entering information on the employee computer, and still had nausea with occasional headaches. That being said, I did get some things done.

My boss thinks otherwise though. He sent me an email regarding a complaint from a supervisor about me. In the email our boss says that because I was taking frequent breaks and "was unproductive" that I won't be paid for those hours. Can they actually dock your pay if you're not doing much at work?

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