On-call outside of office hours, no payment?

Dan-Dan

lesley74 wrote: »

Sort of depends if you are 'salaried' in that overtime is expected within your salary. Are you contracted to be paid or not for overtime? I'm guessing you don't feel you're paid enough to be expected to do this.

This

Usually worded as whatever hours are required to run the business

If you are salaried and its `part of the job` rightly or wrongly , kicking up a stink is going to be hugely detrimental to your prospects with this employer

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lesley74 wrote: »

Sort of depends if you are 'salaried' in that overtime is expected within your salary. Are you contracted to be paid or not for overtime?

Genius! This question isn't asked enough on this board, I've often wondered before now if people don't know the difference between salaried and hourly paid.

bartelbe

The behaviour of this company is outrageous, they have effectively got you working for free over your weekend. Forget about family time, hobbies, meeting friends, going to the cinema.

Hell if you're expected to answer between those hours, even driving would be difficult.

However I suspect your only hope would to be to try to get them on minimum wage grounds. The question is, does being on-call count, or is it only time spent answering calls that counts.

If I were you, I would look for an alternative employers. You don't want to be with a company which treats its staff this way.

kaflinkle

We have to do this as well. It's voluntary and I have said that I wouldn't be able to do it through the summer (I help my wife with her business so I'm unavailable) but I am being pushed to go back on it. They say voluntary but it's not really, you can refuse but it doesn't bode well in the long run for one's career.

On one side, I do get overtime pay at quite a good rate for taking a call and dealing with it and if I am one minute into the next hour, I will bill for the whole hour. On the other side, I don't want to do it as money isn't everything and there's no point earning it if you don't have down time to spend it and enjoy life.

Despite managers saying that if you don't get a call then you don't work, you still have to make yourself available.

DandelionPatrol

rparley wrote: »

To quote a company director who earns almost 10x my salary "I can't have the phone at weekends because the signal isn't very good where I live, you'll have to have it".

The signal will be no better in your biscuit tin than it is in his.

pinpin

I see more and more threads about employers taking liberties.
having to clock in at 8.30 but only getting paid from 9.
Unpaid work trials for 3 days.
Not allowed to take toilet breaks during work hours.
''On call'' outside office hours without payment.
The list goes on....

Very depressing. Can see why people choose to stay on benefits!! lol

pinkshoes

I would answer with "could you please call back in 45 minutes, as I am judt in the middle of a good poo".

Perhaps some sound effects?