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damntim66
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legal questions
What is the name of your state? Missouri
Forgive me if this seems trivial or frivolous. I am not a lwayer.
I have heard the statement "in the abscence of a law prohibiting, a right is presumed."
To my knowledge, there is no law that creates a maximum number of hours that a person can work, only that, under the FSLA, anything over 40 hours per week is considered time and a half.
If an employer can require employees to work overtime in addition to an agreed upon schedule under this law, is there anything to prevent the employee from doing the same?
IE: can the employee voluntarily work more than the agreed upon schedule and expect to receive overtime compensation for it?
Regarding the "at will" employment situation. First of all, I'm curious to know more about this. Where is this concept legally defined? Second, if I work as an "at will" employee, I understand that I can be fired for no reason at any time. Based on this, would threats issued by management to compel me to abide by company policies or else risk continued employment be considered harassment or creating a hostile work environment? After all, they need no reason to terminate me, so why threaten me? Could such threats be considered "intentional infliction of emotional distress?"
Tim
What is the name of your state? Missouri
Forgive me if this seems trivial or frivolous. I am not a lwayer.
I have heard the statement "in the abscence of a law prohibiting, a right is presumed."
To my knowledge, there is no law that creates a maximum number of hours that a person can work, only that, under the FSLA, anything over 40 hours per week is considered time and a half.
If an employer can require employees to work overtime in addition to an agreed upon schedule under this law, is there anything to prevent the employee from doing the same?
IE: can the employee voluntarily work more than the agreed upon schedule and expect to receive overtime compensation for it?
Regarding the "at will" employment situation. First of all, I'm curious to know more about this. Where is this concept legally defined? Second, if I work as an "at will" employee, I understand that I can be fired for no reason at any time. Based on this, would threats issued by management to compel me to abide by company policies or else risk continued employment be considered harassment or creating a hostile work environment? After all, they need no reason to terminate me, so why threaten me? Could such threats be considered "intentional infliction of emotional distress?"
Tim
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