Been there
Posted By: Been there - IC now on 2007-11-28
In Reply to: Paid downtime vs unpaid slow time - sm - MT
Basically, it is like this...if you are an employee, you should be paid for anytime you are required to be at work, i.e. meetings, conference calls, slow times, etc. Most companies do not pay for downtime, and back when I was an employee, if I ran out of work and had other things to do, I would call it a day right then as I was not getting paid unless there was work. Frankly, as an employee if they are telling you to stay logged in at all if there is no work, you should be making at least minimum wage during that time. You can contact your state's labor board regarding this as the law does vary a bit from state to state. Of course, you will also have to look over your employment contract to see if this situation is covered.
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