On Sun, 05 Aug 2012 19:47:12 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 05/08/2012 6:47 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Sun, 05 Aug 2012 04:57:21 -0400, Warp wrote:
>>
>>> Le_Forgeron <jgr### [at] freefr> wrote:
>>>> You were expected to work double time for free. You are a picky
>>>> a*****e to have ask a salary.
>>>
>>> Technically speaking it's illegal here (and I'm sure in most civilized
>>> countries) to ask an employee to work extra hours without pay, and
>>> it's also quite illegal to fire them just because they refuse. Yet it
>>> happens all the time here.
>>
>> Not in the US.  Salaried employees...
> 
> Now there's the rub.
> 
> Hourly paid workers work their hours. Salaried staff work untill the job
> is done.

Yep.  I worked one job where management "threatened" to move IT staff to 
salaried from hourly.  That was the job I was forced to resign from that 
I've mentioned.

> I have worked several ghosters (two shifts of 12 hours). Twice when the
> clocks went back, making a twenty five hour day. The first time I was a
> contractor and got paid for it. The second time, by the grace of my
> supervisor got eight hours off. That still did not stop them from making
> me redundant when it suited them. LOL

Hate when that happens.

Jim

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