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The policy isn’t that we’re expected to BILL 7 hours, it’s that we’re expected to enter that much time because the program requires it. The firm has made it clear that you can add non billable “professional reading” hours to meet that minimum if you need to. The firm has told us we’re allowed to. This is purely because the program requires 7 hours. It’s not a violation and the non billable time doesn’t charge anyone.
Wow. Out the firm please. That's a pretty aggressive penalty
Coach
My firm has a zillion codes for non billable. Professional development, admin for the firm, admin for my group, mentoring, reading, personal non-working time, etc. I doubt anyone cares just use whatever code applies to what you were doing.
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Just putting this out there: at this point in the year, $50/day is MAX $8,250/year off your bonus. After taxes that’s MAX $5,000 out of your pocket. Tell them to pound sand.
Mentor
I think we have different definitions of f u money
We have a code for “Awaiting assignment”
We have “unassigned time.”
"Firm administration". We have a general unbillable code.
Mentor
Honestly a policy like this would cause me to smear out my time to hit the daily minimums. Eg if i worker 10 hours on Monday I would log 7 on Monday and 3 on Tuesday etc.
Coach
BD/business reading/recruitment activities.
If you were just writing/doing research (i.e. not in meetings or something where you had to be in a certain place at a certain time), you could just reallocate the time so that it's 8 hours each day and you're covered.
Coach
Yea I do this quite often but sometimes just can’t.
Is this even legal?
Mentor
Why wouldn’t it be legal? Employers can set parameters for bonuses…
BTW, that'd be a fun email to send confidentially to tips@abovethelaw.com
Mentor
My previous firm had a policy like that (you lost 2 hours every 3rd timesheet-not-submitted warning) and I got like 30 warnings and nothing happened to my bonus