<prompt> Human: Context: I work at a small business that previous to the beginning of this year had all main employees filed as independent contractors. We pointed out that based on our duties, etc. that this was erroneous and now are wage employees.Since January we have had conflicting message as to when we should and should not be clocked in. The bulk of our income is commission-based, but we are required to be at work during scheduled hours, even when there are no customers. Currently only the newer employees even have the ability to clock in and even then they are instructed to clock out during slow periods, even though they arent permitted to go home and must clock back in if business increases.There has been a lot of miscommunication at work surrounding this issue, and I am having trouble finding labor guidelines with language specific enough to convince the owner that:1. everyone must be clocking in and out2. we must stay clocked in even during slower periods3. we are entitled to minimum hourly wage if our commission for that pay period is less than min wage for the number of hours worked in the period. The owner thinks that if we can clock in, well be lazy and wont put forth any effort to bring in more business.Sorry if the contextbusiness info is super vague, I just want to be sure this cant be tracked back to me. If anything is unclear, please feel free to ask!Edit: formattingAssistant: Sounds shady to me. I would either quit or talk to your state Department of Labor and see what they think. Human: Do you know if reports can be made anonymously, or if there are legal protections for those who file a complaint? The fear of retribution is what led me to ask on here rather than go ahead and contact the department of labor.  <response>: I think you can do it anonymously andor they can protect you. Do talk to them, though, if not for yourself, for the people work with who are being exploited. When people put up with this behavior it just continues. 