What is the name of your state?
Louisiana
Currently I work for a large corporation. While the job is perfectly fine, the management has seemed to gone out of control. We have a posted, written schedule, in a plain-to-see area, that is made 2 weeks in advance. The times are written on the schedule, and consist of both a beginning and ending work day time (i.e.: 10AM-6PM). My question stems from the fact that my employer tends to require myself and fellow employees to stay extra time past our scheduled time to leave. I can understand, as in the food service industry, staying and extra hour or two to clean. However, management will require us to stay long after our time, most of the time an average of four or more hours after. For example, I have gone in at 10 PM to work the overnight shift, be scheduled to leave at 6:30 AM the next day, but not be allowed to leave until 10 AM the next day, making a total of 12 hours worked. I have also worked multiple days, unwillingly, past 12 hours, sometimes staying 15-17 hours. If I leave without permission on my scheduled time, management threatens disciplinary action against me. I normaly don't have a problem with staying a few extra hours as I need the money, but staying 12+ hours is starting to take its toll. Also, they lock the doors until business opens at 8 AM, and when I try to leave at 6:30 AM, I'm asked why. I tell them my scheduled time off is 6:30. They act shocked, tell me I need to work harder, and require me to do more work until either the store opens and I leave willingly, or they are satisfied with the work I've done. What are the laws regarding schedules? Can an employer force the employee to stay unwillingly? If I try to leave at 6:30 AM, yet the doors are locked and management says I can't leave until my job is done, is that considered false imprisonment? And when I say my job is done, I mean when they are either satisfied with what I've done, or they realize I've been worked to the point of breaking and let me go. Most of the time, once I've completed my job, they'll find more work that they require of me, even after telling me I can leave after the first job is done. This always happens after my scheduled time off. What can I do, besides look for another job?
Louisiana
Currently I work for a large corporation. While the job is perfectly fine, the management has seemed to gone out of control. We have a posted, written schedule, in a plain-to-see area, that is made 2 weeks in advance. The times are written on the schedule, and consist of both a beginning and ending work day time (i.e.: 10AM-6PM). My question stems from the fact that my employer tends to require myself and fellow employees to stay extra time past our scheduled time to leave. I can understand, as in the food service industry, staying and extra hour or two to clean. However, management will require us to stay long after our time, most of the time an average of four or more hours after. For example, I have gone in at 10 PM to work the overnight shift, be scheduled to leave at 6:30 AM the next day, but not be allowed to leave until 10 AM the next day, making a total of 12 hours worked. I have also worked multiple days, unwillingly, past 12 hours, sometimes staying 15-17 hours. If I leave without permission on my scheduled time, management threatens disciplinary action against me. I normaly don't have a problem with staying a few extra hours as I need the money, but staying 12+ hours is starting to take its toll. Also, they lock the doors until business opens at 8 AM, and when I try to leave at 6:30 AM, I'm asked why. I tell them my scheduled time off is 6:30. They act shocked, tell me I need to work harder, and require me to do more work until either the store opens and I leave willingly, or they are satisfied with the work I've done. What are the laws regarding schedules? Can an employer force the employee to stay unwillingly? If I try to leave at 6:30 AM, yet the doors are locked and management says I can't leave until my job is done, is that considered false imprisonment? And when I say my job is done, I mean when they are either satisfied with what I've done, or they realize I've been worked to the point of breaking and let me go. Most of the time, once I've completed my job, they'll find more work that they require of me, even after telling me I can leave after the first job is done. This always happens after my scheduled time off. What can I do, besides look for another job?
