Legal Question in Employment Law in Washington

A for-profit education company uses contract labor to teach classes, workshops, etc. The contracts are for individual classes and stipulate that the the online classroom must be set up the day before the class or workshop starts. Setting up the classroom takes approximately 30 minutes. Often, the class is canceled and the teacher is informed the morning that the class starts, after the prep time has been put in. When a class is canceled, no pay is offered, though the contract doesn't state this. My question is: Is the employer liable for the time spent uploading the material to the classroom? Typical responses when the employer is asked is that "it's only 30 minutes of time" but the cancellation rate can be as high as 50% of all offered classes (not that this is relevant for a single cancellation).

N. Johnson


Asked on 9/09/10, 7:16 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Charles Cruikshank Cruikshank Law Office-Since 1975

What does the agreement with the contracted labor (or organization supplying it) say about what it is included or excluded as being compensable by the sponsoring company?

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Answered on 9/14/10, 9:00 am


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