Can my employer require me to work more than 7 days straight without a day off?
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Can my employer require me to work more than 7 days straight without a day off?
I work for a software vendor that processes contracts for another entity. As of late, the company has been demanding that its employees work overtime during the week, while also expecting us to work weekends I am currently on my 9th straight day working 10 hour shifts. Is this within the company’s legal right, or are they required to let their employees have a day off for exery X amount of days worked?
Details Company is in Reno, Nevada. They do pay 1.5x overtime rates. Full-time employment status. Paid hourly wages, e.g. not salaried.
Asked on February 14, 2017 under Employment Labor Law, Nevada
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
With the exception of certain professions (i.e. truckers, airline pilots, certain medical personel, etc.), as a general rule there is no limit as to how many hours/days in a row that an employee can legally be scheduled to work. The exception to this would be if hours are limited by the terms a union/collective bargaining agreement or employment contract. Otherwise, a company can set the condition of the workplace much as it sees fit, absent form of legally actionable discrimination/retaliation. That having been said, to the extent that an employee is "non-exempt", then for any hours over 40 worked in their work week they must be paid for the time as overtime (i.e. 1 1/2 times their hourly rate).
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
With the exception of certain professions (i.e. truckers, airline pilots, certain medical personel, etc.), as a general rule there is no limit as to how many hours/days in a row that an employee can legally be scheduled to work. The exception to this would be if hours are limited by the terms a union/collective bargaining agreement or employment contract. Otherwise, a company can set the condition of the workplace much as it sees fit, absent form of legally actionable discrimination/retaliation. That having been said, to the extent that an employee is "non-exempt", then for any hours over 40 worked in their work week they must be paid for the time as overtime (i.e. 1 1/2 times their hourly rate).
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