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I think they should get paid for this time too. But... I think that the general idea that the court system upholds is that the employee is free to get a diffe
by OldHand2018 6y ago
I think they should get paid for this time too.
But... I think that the general idea that the court system upholds is that the employee is free to get a different job if they don't like the unpaid portion of their work. And if it is hard to get new employees to agree to unpaid work, then the employer will either start paying or they will increase the wages to make up for it.
- chihuahua 6y agoMaybe so, but it encourages employers to find ways to circumvent minimum wage laws. An sufficiently creative employer could find ways to have employees on-site for 8 hours per day, but only classify 4 of those 8 hours as paid work and find excuses why the remaining 4 hours are off the clock. E.g. setting things up, putting tools away, doing paperwork, etc.