When I was hired, I was told that 8 hrs/day was required (not including lunch) and that I would be paid per widget only (not by the hour nor for overtime, for that matter). But once employed, I find out that I'm REQUIRED to work OT on some weeks. Several weeks ago, they required 4 hours OT so I worked 1 hour extra (9 hour days) for 4 days M-Th, and on Friday we were sent home several hours early because machinery was down and we couldn't work. But I find out that those 4 hours of OT I put in didn't even fully count as OT -- they simply used them to count for time lost on that Friday when machines were down, so they are telling me that I need to work more to make up my "4 hr mandatory OT." Is this even legal? I mean, I'm only paid per widget to begin with and I don't even take a lunch break. Something just isn't right.
2006-10-22
16:03:11
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mingshu05
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