> Is this such a problem that the some Labor Ministry has to enforce a rule? Dunno, don't have the data. Anecdotally: I get called after hours from time to ti

> Is this such a problem that the some Labor Ministry has to enforce a rule? Dunno, don't have the data. Anecdotally: I get called after hours from time to time, but then again I get paid a lot in return. Calling me after work, whatever you want, costs several hundred pounds a go. My sister, who works a bunch of part time jobs in retail and other minimum wage things get called on after hours as well. And she doesn't get paid for it beyond not being fired. She'd never dare tell one of her managers not to call her after work, because if she loses one of her jobs she's going to have trouble paying her bills. In my case the conditions in my contract ensure that I only get called if it's important. That's my protection from being constantly exploited. But... my sister doesn't have that - and frankly has no hope of ever having it. Should it be legal to take that sort of advantage of someone in that weak a bargaining position? We have the concept of undue influence in contract law, and this strikes me as the same sort of thing. It's like when you have a contract between two companies, the companies are expected to be protected by having a contract that they both understand and have negotiated from positions of relative equality. Whereas, between companies and individuals, the individual is generally expected to be mostly protected by the allowances of consumer protection law. > would people be okay with Olympic Trainers being banned from asking their athletes to train after hours? Well, I would. If the athlete does it of their own free will, then that's fine. But if they're being coerced by a desire not to get fired... well, 'Fuck you, pay me.' springs to mind.