Legal Question in Employment Law in Louisiana

I work 7 &7 only one crew no night crew we work from 6 am to 6 pm if we're not busy in the 12 hrs hours we get paid for 12 hrs but if something comes in after 6 pm our bosses say we can't charge and said if they find out we turn work down are refuse to work for free we will be fired for refusing to work I under stand the oil field is slow but we should not have to work for free what can I do


Asked on 5/28/15, 11:17 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Adam Lambert The Law Office of Adam S. Lambert

That is absolutely illegal. Your boss can't require you to work without pay just because you were slow while you were on the clock. You should sue.

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Answered on 6/07/15, 5:09 am


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