Per federal labor laws, you cannot be compelled (forced) to work more than 40 hours per week. Unless you are hired as a salaried employee, which comes with its own set of rules as to who qualifies as such. Either way, if you are salaried and required to work longer hours, or a wage slave and volunteer to work, they MUST pay you overtime.
And if you are a California resident, the state laws are even more in your favor.
I know this because I initiated and subsequently won a class action suit against a former employer for these violations.
Yep. I have a hard time believing they didn't go over this with a fine tooth comb. The news is slanting all reporting right now to paint the most negative picture possible. Lawsuits, work hours, etc. For instance, I have been looking all day to find what the severance package is. Can't find anything. My guess is they got more than two weeks - probably a couple of months, depending upon DOH with benefits paid. And to report that when people have gotten screwed over the last three years would not garner a whole lot of sympathy for the lawsuits.
In one of the "You're Fired!" emails it says something about being paid until February. Don't know if all terminated twatters had this deal based on one email, but it's not above reason to assume most did.
This is all sus...
Per federal labor laws, you cannot be compelled (forced) to work more than 40 hours per week. Unless you are hired as a salaried employee, which comes with its own set of rules as to who qualifies as such. Either way, if you are salaried and required to work longer hours, or a wage slave and volunteer to work, they MUST pay you overtime.
And if you are a California resident, the state laws are even more in your favor.
I know this because I initiated and subsequently won a class action suit against a former employer for these violations.
Yep. I have a hard time believing they didn't go over this with a fine tooth comb. The news is slanting all reporting right now to paint the most negative picture possible. Lawsuits, work hours, etc. For instance, I have been looking all day to find what the severance package is. Can't find anything. My guess is they got more than two weeks - probably a couple of months, depending upon DOH with benefits paid. And to report that when people have gotten screwed over the last three years would not garner a whole lot of sympathy for the lawsuits.
In one of the "You're Fired!" emails it says something about being paid until February. Don't know if all terminated twatters had this deal based on one email, but it's not above reason to assume most did.