Has the boss gone too far?

United States
February 11, 2008 11:08pm CST
Do you think it is okay for an employer to expect an hourly employee to do some extra work on their own time?
4 responses
• United States
12 Feb 08
Uhh...Not many bosses actually make people work on their own time. Besides presentations that need to be done anyway, a boss usually or never will give you something to do on your personal time (and he can't do it, check your contract if you have that problem).
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@Ciniful (1587)
• Canada
12 Feb 08
To 'expect'? No. Unless it's specifically part of their job description that they will, from time to time, have outside work that needs to be done, then the employer has no right to 'expect' an employee to be working on THEIR time. The employer can ask, and if their request is refused, they're out of luck. But expect? Not unless the employer is a power tripping, insensitive jerk.
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• United States
13 Feb 08
You are too vague. This is where you explain. No one can give you a good answer.
• United States
23 Feb 08
You are right. I guess this is too vague. To be specific: a manager asks a group of hourly employees to read books on their own time and then meets with them to discuss that book during work hours. They are not being paid for the time spent to read the books and there is no contract in place.
@Bluepatch (2476)
• Trinidad And Tobago
18 Feb 08
It depends on how important the extra work is and if its a usual occurance or not. If its unusual and very essential then it could be okay. If its frequent and just extra work that needs to be done then you should be paid. Maybe you could ask for it as a regular assignment with an additional increment as a reward. You should watch this, though, you could be taken advantage of if you are anxious to please your employers.