Working On Days Off "Mandatory Overtime"
 

Is an employer allowed to schedule an on call shift to an employee whom is on his/her days off?

Provided that he/she already worked their regular Mon-Fri shift.

Is there such thing as Mandatory Overtime. I always though OT is optional.

Anybody with any insights?

Thanks

if not enough employees to cover the shift, they may set up a schedule. if you are busy that day, then you should ask your fellow co workers if they can cover you on that shift.

that day will count as OT.

I would liken any "industry rules" to the line of work you do but on-call shifts which are scheduled in advance on your days off should have stipulations i.e. OT pay, minimum 4 hours pay or something along those lines.

Mandatory overtime - perhaps more of an "all hands on deck" requirement but I don't believe you are required by law to work. I could be wrong. Best to speak to your employer to clear out any rules.

usually they set up a schedule, where perhaps every second week you'll work a saturday (so itll be OT) or w/e, but i think you most likely will be told in advance. If you can't work it or you dont want too then you should ask a co-worker , as SG said, to cover your shift.

but re-reading your post again you said it was an "on-call" shift ? so meaning lets say youre off on the saturday and theyll call you the friday night before askin you to work saturday? (something like that, doesnt have to be what i just said) my gf usually got those at her work and well it was up to her if she wanted to work or not. She would tell em ya i can come in or no i cant. Let's phase it, unless you are the LAST resort, im sure they can find someone else to cover that OT day that you chose to say no too.

we have mandatory overtime at my place of work.

say there is about 4 man hours of OT that is required (1 person at 4 hrs or 2 ppl at 2 hrs each), i will go down the employee list in order of seniority. they have the right to say no, and the last 2 ppl or last person is SOL and they have to work.

Or if its like Bcr said above, an all hands on deck situation, everyone has to stay until the work is finished (in this scenario, i believe the max for mandatory OT for each person is 4 hrs)

My wife has the same thing where she works. She has high seniority so she is one of the first called but it's totally up to her if she wants to come in. They move down the line and if it got to the end and it wasn't filled it would be the lowest seniority people stuck with working it.

She usually chooses to pick up as much OT as possible because they pay double time and she'll bank it so 8 hours is like 2 days off in lieu of. Last spring she was working every Saturday and built up a shit load of day's off on top of her regular holidays.

Sounds like your wife is a nurse.
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I'd say that it depends on your contract and who you work for.
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