{"id":1825,"date":"2009-08-17T08:00:32","date_gmt":"2009-08-17T08:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sanfranciscoemploymentattorneys.net\/blog\/?p=82"},"modified":"2009-08-17T08:00:32","modified_gmt":"2009-08-17T08:00:32","slug":"california-on-call-employee-overtime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.california-labor-law-attorney.com\/california-on-call-employee-overtime\/","title":{"rendered":"California Labor Law Attorneys Recover 7th Day Pay and On Call Pay"},"content":{"rendered":"

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California labor law attorneys fought to prove that it should be illegal to change the beginning and end days of the work week in order to evade 7th day payment of overtime<\/a>. The California Supreme Court upheld this reasoning and the court also found that all on-call time<\/a> where employees were required to sleep aboard the employment vessel will be paid as hours worked.<\/p>\n

In Seymore v. Metson Marine, Inc.<\/a>, the employees were scheduled to work 14days on then 14 days off. Their primary job function was to attend to marine oil spills. However the Metson Marine designed the work week to begin and end in such a way that they would not have to pay the 7th day overtime pay on the second week (day 14). In other words the employees would be paid for overtime on the 7th consecutive day of work but they would not get paid for the last day of their 14 days. While the court recognized that employers do have the ability to choose the work week for payroll purposes the court noted that Metson Marine designed their work week simply to avoid payment of overtime on the 14th day, due to Metson\u2019s lack of evidence proving anything to the contrary.<\/p>\n

San Francisco labor law attorneys<\/a> for the plaintiff were also successful in proving that the employees were not properly compensated for being on call or off duty stand by. Metson Marine would allow the employees to sometimes leave the ship, unpaid, for personal reasons however they required that the employees carry a phone, be within 45 minutes of the ship and they were not to drink alcohol. The court found that Metson Marine should have paid the employees during the on-call times as hours worked because of the restrictions that were placed on the employees during this time.<\/p>\n

The California labor law attorneys for the plaintiff asked for payment of the 8 hours during which the employees were sleeping on the ship. Metson Marine did have one victory in this suit; the court held that the sleep time of the employees was subject to payment as time worked.
\nIf you are concerned that you have not been paid properly for being placed on call or standby and or overtime, please contact an experienced California labor law attorney to review your situation.<\/p>\n

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Photo Credit: Shutterstock\/Vlad Teodor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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