Timeline for Can my company stop me from working overtime?
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| May 2, 2019 at 13:51 | comment | added | BSMP | ...one cannot be reasonably expected to regularly rearrange the structure of their personal life at their employers whims. @Sazanami You just described all retail/service industry in the United States. | |
| May 2, 2019 at 5:28 | comment | added | Sazanami | If the employer were to regularly change the amount of hours someone works during a typical week, though, I would consider that objectional (Assuming a specified number of hours stated in the contract). Unless stated in the contract, one cannot be reasonably expected to regularly rearrange the structure of their personal life at their employers whims.That said, I wouldn't be surprised if such practices are lawful and can lead to termination if an employee objects to them. | |
| May 1, 2019 at 18:23 | comment | added | Underminer | As an employee, I would not play both sides of the coin. The original poster clearly wants overtime; they can not logically want overtime and ask for the company to "motivate them to come back to overtime". This type of behavior would either be spiteful or extortive. | |
| May 1, 2019 at 17:39 | comment | added | jesse_b | @NuclearWang: That definitely depends on the location. In the US most employees are "at will" so yes the company can fire you for virtually any reason. In many European countries however it would take gross misconduct to be fired. | |
| May 1, 2019 at 17:33 | comment | added | Nuclear Hoagie | An employer can't really ever force you to do anything, it's not like they can chain you to your desk and make you keep working. Overtime isn't ever compulsory in the sense that "we will make you do this whether you like it or not", but it can be compulsory in the sense that "we will fire you if you don't do this". A company can tell (not ask) you to work overtime and give you the boot if you decline. That of course doesn't happen in all cases of overtime, but I don't see anything that indicates whether overtime is optional or not here. | |
| May 1, 2019 at 16:43 | comment | added | Solar Mike | @NuclearWang In fact, I had this where I was on a contract that was 40 hours per week, with overtime sanctioned only by a manager. They had a weekend to do a stock-check which they asked all the employees to come in on overtime to complete it. It was cheaper than loosing two days of business especially when considering the impact on the customers... | |
| May 1, 2019 at 16:39 | comment | added | Solar Mike | @NuclearWang a company can ask you to work overtime, "overtime" being hours considered extra to the contracted hours. To whit, you don't have to accept to do them... They can't force you to do overtime - unless there are some specific clauses in your contract - which one hopes, you would have read,.... | |
| May 1, 2019 at 16:12 | comment | added | Nuclear Hoagie | I don't understand your conclusion that "overtime is not compulsory". If the company demands you to work overtime, and you choose to extort them instead, they'd be well within their rights to fire you. | |
| May 1, 2019 at 15:27 | history | answered | Solar Mike | CC BY-SA 4.0 |