Do you get paid for overtime? If not, why not? Note: teller is suing the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce?

Does your employer define over-time as "donated time"? Is that fair? Is a law suit againts company policy against paying overtime "worker's exploitation" or "an employee's cash grab"?

Do you get paid for overtime? If not, why not? Note: teller is suing the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce?
I was able to take an early retirement, but I did not receive overtime. I was on salary plus commission on my last job, and the only time it would have been an issue was if my average pay did not equal minimum wage. I did well above that, and though I worked long hours I say it was worth it now! I will add that many companies get around fair pay by making employees mangagement, and putting them on salary to skirt the minimum wage laws. I see this a lot in convenient stores and basically any retail stores. Nasty practice.
Reply:Yes, I get paid. If I didn't, I wouldn't work it. I don't work for free.
Reply:I don't get paid overtime because I am a soldier in the United States Army, and you're a soldier 24/7, therefore we get paid 24/7. I'm getting paid right now, despite the fact that I'm not working. And no, my boss sees overtime as an "unfortunate circumstance of our job."
Reply:Law vs Law is as Loser vs Loser.


Flush Law for Grace is Sufficient.
Reply:Yes, I certainly do. There would be a BIG uproar where I work if we didn't get paid OT. We get paid OT for any time worked over our regular 40 hour work week. If the company wants extra work done, then they should pay for it. After all, they profit from it.





I also used to work for the Canadian banking system and always wondered why we only got paid for the hours the bank was actually open, instead of the hours we actually worked, which could sometimes be up to an hour after closing to balance the ledgers. That is work the bank requires, not something employees "volunteer" to do and their jobs depend on it being done. The bank also must have this work done to operate effectively, so they should pay for the services rendered by their employees. I mean sheesh, it's not like don't make billions per year in profits. The least they could do is pay their employees their fair share. But no, they'd rather pay multi-million dollar bonuses to the CEO's who are effectively only figure-heads and don't do any real work or for that matter, have to take crap from customers who are justifiably sick of paying outrageous bank fees. No, that falls to the underpaid front-line customer service staff.
Reply:I certainly get paid for overtime hours. If not, I wouldn't work for free for nobody. I used to work for Scotiabank in a US caribbean, which is a canadian bank, there was so much crap that i couldn't take it no more, so I left.
Reply:Nope, I'm salaried, so anything over 40 hrs is my time but it's necessary to keep things running smoothly. One of the pitfalls of retail management. I don't like it which is why I'm back in school. I'm tired of giving my time away for free.

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