Simple question

[wendys8861]

What is the name of your state? CA

My sister works for a bank. She is a full time, hourly employee. She works 40 hours per week. Her particular office requires that the full-time, non-exempt employees come in on their "days off" and work a minimum of 2 hours (doesn't make it a day off in my opinion). This rule does NOT apply to exempt employees, part-time employees or other branch locations of the same Bank.

She wanted to find out if they can do this.

Thanks,
Wendy

 

[cbg]

As long as she is paid for the time, yes, they can.

 

[faithnlve]

I saw this post, and just wonder.....Aren't employees suppose to by law have some days off??

 

[fairisfair]

I saw this post, and just wonder.....Aren't employees suppose to by law have some days off??

No, CA is the only state however to have maximum number of work hours.

 

[moburkes]

I saw this post, and just wonder.....Aren't employees suppose to by law have some days off??

Nope. I think it is only so many hours between shifts.

 

[pattytx]

No, CA is the only state however to have maximum number of work hours.

Not correct. Maine has a limitation as to maximum overtime that may be required. And there are other states that have various incarnations of the "one day's rest in seven" rule (Illinois, for example). And, for general occupations, there is not "minimum number of hours between shifts" in any state. Doesn't mean that there might not be a split shift pay requirement (in California) or that overtime pay may not be required or that minimum reporting time pay may not be necessary (CA, MA for example).

 

[fairisfair]

Not correct. Maine has a limitation as to maximum overtime that may be required. And there are other states that have various incarnations of the "one day's rest in seven" rule (Illinois, for example). And, for general occupations, there is not "minimum number of hours between shifts" in any state. Doesn't mean that there might not be a split shift pay requirement (in California) or that overtime pay may not be required or that minimum reporting time pay may not be necessary (CA, MA for example).

My bad, california does require one day off per week.

The information that I cited regarding CA being the only state to have a maximum number of work hours can be found here. If Maine has been added, then apparently the site has not been updated. Thank you for the information.

http://www.ewin.com/articles/restper.htm

 

[cbg]

With all due respect to the owner of that site (whom I know slightly), his information is not always accurate. Although I recall seeing the info about Maine on his site before. Maine has had that law for some years now.

There are a few states, not many, but a few, which require one day of rest in every seven. And CA is one of them. However, if the sister is working a standard 40 hour, 5 day week, having her come in a 6th day does not violate that law. She still has the seventh day off.

In most states, an employee can be required to work 365 days a year and it would be legal.

 

[eerelations]

cbg, do you ever sleep? And if yes, WHEN???

 

[cbg]

Mornings and evenings.

I have a night job at the moment which mostly requires that I be there in case of emergency. On a busy night, I might have four hours of work to fit into an eight hour shift. Most nights it's closer to two and a half, maybe three.

The owner doesn't care what I do with the rest of my time as long as I'm there. So I can answer a lot of questions during that overnight time.

I get off duty at 7:00 am. I go home and sleep for a few hours. I get up whenever I happen to wake up, which is generally somewhere around noon, give or take a half hour either way.

I'm online during the afternoons, which is when I also work on any consulting contracts I may be working on and try to get a little writing done.

I eat dinner sixish and then sleep for a couple more hours before leaving for work at 10:30 for an 11:00 start time.

Aren't you sorry you asked?

 

[moburkes]

She's lying. She never sleeps!

 

[cbg]

Feels that way sometimes.