Boss of mine had directly told me that we are being punished for bathroom breaks and that the new policy doesn't effect everyone equally. I feel like I have to pay 30 dollars a month to use the toilet. We all are sent emails to clock out to relieve ourselves and even with us off the clock and not being paid for restroom breaks, we are told we have to come back within five minutes or the leads will contact us and harass us to discourage bathroom breaks. What do I do?

Under federal OSHA sanitation standards, employers must permit workers to leave their work area to use the restroom as needed and avoid putting unreasonable restrictions on bathroom use. There is no federal law that requires companies to pay for bathroom breaks or that mandates a specific amount of breaks you have to get, but I think harassment and wage loss that doesn’t impact everyone equally are unreasonable restrictions. I’d ask them to give you the policy in writing, ask them for their employee handbook, and talk to a lawyer if you can.

Is this even legal? Do you work in the US? Id talk to an employment lawyer.

I would be looking for a new job. I would also report this company to your state labor department and the US Department of Labor.

If you have a medical condition do the paperwork and request accommodation if you can get under ADA and a reasonable accommodation can be provided they can't retaliate. I know for damn sure on my heavy flow days trying to run to the bathroom, fo my business, and run back within 5 minutes is going to result in what looks like a mass murder.

I do work in the U.S. , They're a Florida company, but I work remotely. I've heard everything from ,"This is normal." To "This is illegal at work. I was told directly that it was a punishment during meetings. But my sup said I'm not the cause of the policy. My life ,"isn't as negatively impacted." because I don't abuse the need to use the restroom, (I'm still losing money.) But some people in the extremes lose a whole day of pay. So It should be,"ine. "I won't lose quite as much money as the others. But I feel like I'm still paying. There is a personal auxiliary we can use in case somebody comes to they door or we have to use the restroom. But we have to clock out to use it.

They don't give you the ability to use PTO until months in. I have a friend who started with the company through Adton Carter. And her supervisor threatened her with a write up when she had a doctor's note from hospital and warned her boss a day in advance that she'd still be in the hospital. They said,"Sorry. If you miss time, you gain attendance points. And you weren't here to request VTO when offered. So we can't let it slide. But when you convert your attendance points start over."

I told her to report it, but she said she couldn't get the boss to say it in writing and when she said the conversation with her boss may be recorded, the boss refused to talk about it anymore. So she couldn't get proof. Her boss then brought it down to a verbal warning because she had to go to the hospital.

OP, here’s what this does. By logging out of your system, your manager, then has a complete reporting of who on your team is logging out for the statuses, and why, and how many times.
What that means is they will be comparing somebody, so yourself, who logs out twice a day for three minutes each to take care of your personal business compared to a co-team member who logs out 12 times during the day for three minutes each. This also lets the manager know who is abusing this time and who is not.
Although I’ve never seen a company state that you have to log out and you won’t be paid, it doesn’t surprise me.

100% report this to the labor department

EEOC and a employment lawyer. Something doesn’t sound right.

To piggy back on what Buisness Analyst 1 said it kinda feel like they are looking for a reason to terminate someone but can’t find a legit reason … yet.

This kind of sideways move bothers me and I would definitely be looking for a new job. Based on the email they aren’t technically breaking any osha laws but it creates a highly uncomfortable working environment that I wouldn’t want to work in. Kinda reminds me of grade school when you needed to sign out a hall pass to go to the bathroom. We are all adults .. I think.. let’s all act and expect to be treated as adults.