What is the law regarding hours for salaried workers?

Question

I am currently working 80-90 hours per week but as I am salaried am not being paid for the extra time. My boss told me it was required to work at least 10 hours per day. Some days I don't even have time to use the restroom.

Answer 1

If you are working so hard that you don't have time to eat or drink either, then you will not need to use the restroom. There is no rule, except maybe if you have an occupation that is regulated by OSHA it may limit you to 16 hours a day, so that, 7 X 16 = 112 hours per week which is less than 90 hours per week. Now if you had to work 113 hours a week then maybe you could complain.

Answer 2

That style of association is a contractual association between the worker and the employer. No Federal regulation governs how plenty or little an exempt worker might desire to artwork. in certainty, i understand very few employers who might enable an worker get away with this style of habit. generally, the staff who "call in for 5 minutes" are working off-web site, say at a client's premises (troubleshooting) or are at some style of function like a training direction, convention, etc. it would additionally be that the worker telecommutes and is truthfully working at abode or in a satellite tv for pc workplace (many workstation programmers try this) and that the telephone call is merely to envision in to make confident not something has arise that preempts what they're engaged on that day.

Answer 3

Your employer is probably aware of the laws in your area is probably very close to or slighty over what they are allowed to work you (hours wise) however from a financial perspective, you are on salary and they are simply taking advantage of you,

YOU should find a different job, even if it is just a "between" job, at least you will get paid for the hours you put in, and you will have time to pursue career oriented interviews.

Please, don't let these #$%@#'s take advantage of you, the only reason they do is because YOU let them.

Answer 4

The law even in this extremely messed up country has nothing to do with your boss's evident desire to work you to death. It says three basic things:
1. You cannot be required to do ANYTHING outside of paid time unless you agree to it, not even one minute's worth.
2. If you work more than four hours a day, and/or twenty hours a week, you get a CA state mandated 10 minute break every four hour; if you work 6 or more hours you get a lunch break of 30 minutes,
3. For every hour you work "overtime", past 40 hours a week,
you are required to be paid time-and-a-half for any minutes of "overtime" that you put it. And you do not have to put in any.
The ten-hour day your boss cites refers to a four day week of ten hours per day, a completely different schedule; and the rules on breaks and meal breaks still apply to that one too. Get another job.

Answer 5

State laws vary, but in general salaried employees do not need to be paid overtime. You can refuse to work more than 40 hours and your employer can fire you.

Find another job if you don't like the work environment.

Answer 6

Unless you signed a contract other wise, the employer is required to pay you half-time for every hour over 40 per week that you work

Answer 7

if your salaried thats all your gonna get. you coul work 20 hours day 7 days a week and get paid the same thing that you would get paid if you worked 50 hrs a week, if you don't like it i heard wal-mart is hiring hourly cashiers, i will assure you that you won't work over 40 a week there.

Answer 8

European Union Working Time Directive limits hours you can work.

The main provisions of the Regulations are:
Maximum working week. The Regulations prescribe a maximum working week of 48 hours averaged over a 17 week period. Employers and unions may enter into collective, written agreements to extend the reference period from 17 up to a maximum of 52 weeks. Workers may opt out voluntarily from the 48 hour limit by giving written notice to their employer. The employer must maintain written records of the hours worked which Health and Safety Executive or local authority inspectors can inspect on request. The Regulations are vague on what constitutes working time and court decisions will be required on whether such matters as on-call or standby arrangements, travelling time, work at home, and time off for union duties come within the scope of the legislation.
Night work. A night worker is defined as someone who works for at least three hours during night time. Night time is defined as a period of at least seven hours including the period from midnight to 5 am (11 pm to 6 am in the absence of a collective agreement). Night workers should not perform more than eight hours work in any 24 hour period. Night workers are entitled to free health assessments at appropriate, regular intervals. However, it is not obligatory for the assessment to be carried out by a doctor. Where workers suffer from certain conditions (diabetes, some heart, stomach, chest and sleep disorders, some conditions requiring medication on a strict timetable), the employer may offer a transfer to day work; this is not an absolute obligation.
Rest periods. Adults are entitled to at least 11 consecutive hours, and young workers 12 consecutive hours, rest in each 24 hour period. Adults are entitled to an uninterrupted rest period of at least 24 hours in each seven day period. This can be interpreted to mean two separate days off or a two-day break in a fortnight. Adults who work more than six hours per day are entitled to an uninterrupted break of at least 20 minutes. This break must occur within the work period and not at the beginning or end. Young workers are entitled to an uninterrupted 30 minute break if they work more than 4.5 hours per day.
Holidays. Workers are entitled to three weeks paid leave in any holiday year starting on or before 23 November 1998. This rises to four weeks' paid leave after 23 November 1999. The entitlement arises after a worker has been employed for 13 weeks continuously. Some three million workers stand to benefit from these provisions. Workers are entitled to compensation for any leave untaken when they leave their jobs. Holidays can be taken by giving appropriate notice or by negotiation.
Enforcement. The requirements on the maximum week and night work are enforceable by HSE or local authority inspectors. Employers can be prosecuted as with other safety legislation. Claims over rest periods, breaks and holidays must be taken by individual workers to Employment Tribunals.
Immediately on the introduction of the Working Time Regulations many employers invited, with varying degrees of pressure, their employees to sign a waiver opting out from the 48 hour maximum working week. Some have successfully resisted this move, for example, members of the entertainment union BECTU employed by Carlton Productions, the television company. No-one should sign a waiver at the very least until they have sought advice from their trade union or from a solicitor expert in employment law.