That sounds like be a specific union law, not State or Federal. At Google the serve free breakfast, lunch and dinner in the hopes that you would work early and late. And most do.
. On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 8:47 AM, Erika L. Rich <elr...@ruwebby.com> wrote: > > Actually, it is a law of some sort in the US. I dont know the EXACT wording > or the EXACT intricacies of the law, but if you are an hourly employee, and > you check your email or do ANYTHING work related after hours, the company > you work for is beholden to pay you for that time. > > This was a big issue with one of the top 5 insurance giants, and they had > to settle a huge lawsuit because of it. > > It resulted in once the employee hit their 7.5 regular hour work day, they > were no longer allowed to answer a phone, check a voicemail, check email, > etc. NOTHING. OR else it put them right back on the clock, and they were > entitled to wages. Period. Including overtime if that was the case. > > So you might want to just check into that a little further ... ;) All it > takes is one unhappy employee to screw something up. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:346162 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
