Help Wanted: Companies and employees' hours
Photo credit: AFP/Getty Images | In construction, as with any other job, employers must grant employees a meal break of 30 minutes if they work six hours a day, but they do not have to pay for it unless they make employees work. (July 14, 2009)
Carrie Mason-Draffen
Carrie Mason-Draffen Mason-Draffen, a business reporter, writes a column about workplace issues.
DEAR CARRIE: I am an exempt employee, so I don't get paid for overtime. Every year the company asks both exempt and nonexempt employees to work one or two Saturdays to do inventory. Is this legal? Shouldn't our employer give those who don't receive overtime, some comp time at least? -- Extra duty, no pay
DEAR EXTRA DUTY: Your company has a lot of leeway here. Unless a contract says otherwise,...
