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What is the name of your state? California
I work for the City of Los Angeles, Harbor Dept. in the construction & maintenance division. I have been "temporary employee" for almost two and a half years.
We are required to be on call or stand by every 3 months or so just in case something goes wrong in the harbor. We have to carry a city cell phone and we have to stay close to home so we can respond to any calls that we may get in that week. The "permanent employees" get $15.00 a day to carry the city phone when they are on stand by. We do not get any compensation except for the standard 4 hours of time and a half pay even if we only work 5 minutes.
Is this illegal not to be compensating us for being on standby?. Also we were told we may have to be on stand by several weeks a year. Can the city hold us like prisoners to our jobs like this? It is getting to the point that we have to request for weekends off.
My other question is about schedule changes. Sometimes we are scheduled to work overtime on certain nights and weekends so we make plans according to the schedule. Next thing you know the schedule changes after you have made concrete plans like hotel or travel reservations and you have to change your plans again. This happens quite often and it is really disrupting my personal life. I have heard that the city has to compensate us for these schedule changes, is this true?
I hope I have made sense with these questions.
HELP!!!
I work for the City of Los Angeles, Harbor Dept. in the construction & maintenance division. I have been "temporary employee" for almost two and a half years.
We are required to be on call or stand by every 3 months or so just in case something goes wrong in the harbor. We have to carry a city cell phone and we have to stay close to home so we can respond to any calls that we may get in that week. The "permanent employees" get $15.00 a day to carry the city phone when they are on stand by. We do not get any compensation except for the standard 4 hours of time and a half pay even if we only work 5 minutes.
Is this illegal not to be compensating us for being on standby?. Also we were told we may have to be on stand by several weeks a year. Can the city hold us like prisoners to our jobs like this? It is getting to the point that we have to request for weekends off.
My other question is about schedule changes. Sometimes we are scheduled to work overtime on certain nights and weekends so we make plans according to the schedule. Next thing you know the schedule changes after you have made concrete plans like hotel or travel reservations and you have to change your plans again. This happens quite often and it is really disrupting my personal life. I have heard that the city has to compensate us for these schedule changes, is this true?
I hope I have made sense with these questions.
HELP!!!
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