Responding to the devil's advocate - The employer has his rights too. If the employee abuses his privileges, and/or neglects his work, and/or does NOt work during worktime, there is a protocol (warnings, documented to file, no raise, demotion, firing) which is most definitely used. So just as an...
To clarify my position – I refer to US employees only. A contract does not free an employer from the overriding requirement of 1.5x overtime pay- It’s the law. It is not overwritten by contracts. There are, of course, many classifications of “employee” that are exempt from overtime pay...
Anyone out there -
a salaried worker,
working overtime,
and not getting paid for it?
This includes if your job needs special garb which requires time before and after actual job-time, for which you don't get paid. Or if you have to work through lunch.
You've got rights, and one of them is...