:confused: :mad: I work for a pallet manufacturing company. I am on night shift. My regular schedualed week is Mon. - Thurs. 7pm - 5:15am we get maybe ( sometimes ) 24hr notice. that we have to work friday. Which for my shift is get off at 5:15am and be back to work by 2:30pm. Now my employer is saying that he can make us work 7 days a week and 12 hrs a day if he wants to. Is this legal. Can he make us work as many hours as he wants?????? PLEASE help us. Thank you Jenn
P.S. We are basically FORCED to work overtime. Beacuse if we don't work we have to use a vacation day or a sick or personal day. And if you do not have one of those you MUST work or you will be given an unexcused day off and if you get 3 with in a year then you will be terminated.
Are there any laws to protect us from slavery anymore??? If you knew about the place in question you would think the same as I do. If oasha was to walk in, it would be shut down on the spot. Is there a web site were I can get Pa mandatory labor laws from. Without getting a buch of nonsence I don't need???

There is no law in PA prohibiting the employer from requiring "mandatory overtime". Plus, since there is also no law in PA requiring the employer to provide paid time off benefits at all, the employer can basically structure the vacation or sick plan any way they want.

Nobody is forcing you to work overtime. This is not slavery and it is melodramatic of you to state so. If you refuse the employer can fire you. Or you can quit at any time and find a position with the hours more to your liking.

http://www.dli.state.pa.us/landi/cwp/view.asp?a=142&Q=61106&landiPNavCtr=|#5

Mandatory overtime is legal. Unlike slaves, you have a choice. You can work the overtime or you can find a job with hours you like better.