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| *Ostroff, Fair and Company>>>Law & Legal |
If ur employer asks u to come into work for only one hour, do they legally have to pay u for two hours? HELP!! |
Our employer requires everyone to attend an hour meeting every tuesday that lasts an hour. this means that the people on 1st shift stay an xtra hr, 2nd shift comes in an hr. early, people who have the day OFF also must come in for that hour and 3rd shift workers (me) actually have to get out of bed and come in also. This SUCKS bigtime b/c its the middle of the nite for us. (this meeting is from 2-3 pm) Afterwards us 3rd shifters cant go back to sleep at all and were all worn out for the rest of the week. Isnt there a labor law about this??? Largely dependson where youlive & what award you're working under. I rememer wheni was nursing - Qld award 16 years ago - where there was a mimimun limit of 4 hours. If you were called in to work & only wrked for 1, 2, or 3 hours you'd have to be paied for the mimimun 4 hours. BUT In Australia I suspect things like that have been stripped wihtthe new "Work Choices" plans & I've on idea what happens elsewhere. . what state are you in? what industry? i'm assuming you are hourly? part time or full time? over 18 or not? these are all factors. have you considered asking for two meetings, or to have the one during the day taped for 3rd shift? present the challenge and possible solutions. a reasonable boss would understand the challenge you face every week and try to come to a reasonable solution that works for everyone. I wouldn't be coming in for one hour a day----period. I would be finding another job. The rights and responsibilities of employers and employees are governed by statutes that vary by state. In general, salaried employees can be compelled to work at the employers convenience, whereas full-time hourly employees have numerous rights regarding off hours work, shift work, and unpaid hours. In a nutshell, if you are on an hourly basis, they have to pay you for the time spent in the meeting, and at overtime rates if it exceeds the workweek limit in your state. Depending on state laws, they may also have to pay you your hourly rate for the time spent coming to and going home from a meeting that is held during your time off, either shift time or days off. They may not, depending on your state laws, have the right to compel you to attend a meeting in the middle of your "night." One interesting question - is the information flow one way, from management to workers, or both ways, from workers to management, too? Probably, especially for one-way meetings, they are supposed to have three, one for each shift, during each shift, instead of making all three shifts attend one meeting for the convenience of the manager who has called it. I am certain that, unless you live in a legally backward state, there are laws limiting the employer's power to compel attendance without pay at such meetings. I have often considered the motives of so-called 'charitable organization' workers, when they call me at all hours , seeking donations. |
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