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> In fact, everything was completely by the book. Huh? According to the same article, the book said that he should have been given a copy of his contract and a

• flatline 11y ago
  "The books" in this case are likely referring to local employment laws. They are doing the bare minimum required, all that other stuff is window dressing on a shit job, and it is pretty clear that nobody takes it seriously or really gives a shit. Can you blame them? I doubt the local managers are raking in the dough either. You show up and do as you are told and get paid, or you don't work there. It is not great, but it is not illegal or egregiously unfair.
• asuffield 11y ago
  > Furthermore, are 11-hour shifts really by the book? Yes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_Time_Directive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_Time_Directive is the relevant set of rules. The key one is "there must daily rest of 11 consecutive hours per 24-hour period", which an 11-hour shift complies with. > Does the book say three of those hours have to be paid overtime? No. They're just paid time like any other shift. (Before somebody jumps up to wave their hands about opting out of the working time directive: as noted on that page, there is only one rule that you can opt out of, and that's the rule about a 48-hour maximum working week. There is no opt out for any of the other rules.)