2006-09-14 11:40:51 · 7 answers · asked by Sonya O 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Many states do not pay for 'on call' time. However, you should call your state's labour office to get the proper information regarding the state that you live in and its exact policies.
2006-09-14 11:48:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh yeah. There was just a law suit in Maine where I guy said he would be on call and he didn't get to work fast enough when he was called in and they lost some business and the jury awarded the owner of the business $24,000 from the employee and he had to pay it.
There was another case in Washington about the same thing and that guy was also sued and lost a bunch of money. He tried to quit afterwards and they gave the owner even more money. His wife had to end up paying also because she is the one that told him not to go in to work at night.
2006-09-14 11:44:20 · answer #2 · answered by CTM 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It may vary from company to company, but usually state law defines minimum pay for hourly workers. For my company it's 2 hrs. With some of our clients we have negotiated 4 hr and 8 hr minimums. If jobs are cancelled at the last minute we get paid whatever minimum hrs were negotiated.
2006-09-14 11:56:08 · answer #3 · answered by Kainoa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on state law and union or individual contract if any.
If you are an hourly employee, then anything over 40 hours is covered by federal overtime laws.
2006-09-14 11:56:07 · answer #4 · answered by SPLATT 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think that is the law its only a couple or three hours
2006-09-14 11:43:09 · answer #5 · answered by Enigma 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow, that's fascinating. Maybe.
2006-09-14 11:42:34 · answer #6 · answered by blue.bios 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
first off is it union or non union.If not that's the way it is they can do that because you went in without being scheduled you agreed to go without asking first.................sorry
2006-09-14 11:48:22 · answer #7 · answered by timandtina90@verizon.net 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋