Continual overtime without notice...

[yknot]

I work for a warehouse in Oregon. The company has a policy of running on a shoestring of employees. This means that there is always more work to do then there are employees to do it...consequently, there is repeatedly overtime, almost everyday. The company management states that "we will stay until the work is done", and will not (or can not) tell us how long we must stay, or when we will be able to leave. You just work until you are finished, sometimes 12, 13 or 14 hours a day. There is also the feeling with some of the employees that if you say you cannot stay, for personal reasons, you will be singled out as a "slacker". The dilema is that we, the employees, are unable to inform our spouses, daycare, etc. of when we will be getting off of work. Is there a law that states, in Oregon, that a company must give you fair notice of overtime to be worked, mandatory and non-mandatory, with notification of how much overtime is required in specific hours? And if so, how much notice must be given to an employee? Can an employee refuse to work overtime without fear of termination, or harassment?

 

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by yknot:
I work for a warehouse in Oregon. The company has a policy of running on a shoestring of employees. This means that there is always more work to do then there are employees to do it...consequently, there is repeatedly overtime, almost everyday. The company management states that "we will stay until the work is done", and will not (or can not) tell us how long we must stay, or when we will be able to leave. You just work until you are finished, sometimes 12, 13 or 14 hours a day. There is also the feeling with some of the employees that if you say you cannot stay, for personal reasons, you will be singled out as a "slacker". The dilema is that we, the employees, are unable to inform our spouses, daycare, etc. of when we will be getting off of work. Is there a law that states, in Oregon, that a company must give you fair notice of overtime to be worked, mandatory and non-mandatory, with notification of how much overtime is required in specific hours? And if so, how much notice must be given to an employee? Can an employee refuse to work overtime without fear of termination, or harassment? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

My response:

And when you called your State Labor Board office, and explained this situation, they said . . . . .?

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