How many days is an employer allowed to schedule an employee consecutively?
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How many days is an employer allowed to schedule an employee consecutively?
My employer has scheduled me to work from Monday to Sunday w/ no days off in between. The work week is from Friday to Thursday. I have been scheduled to work from Monday through Sunday. My 7 scheduled days are between 2
Asked on January 23, 2017 under Employment Labor Law, Florida
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
Basically, with the exception of certain professions (pilots, truckers, certain medical personel, etc.), there is no limit as to how many hours/days in a row that an employee can be scheduled to work. That is unless hours are limited by the terms of an employment contract or union/collective bargaining agreement. Also, a worker's treatment must not be the result of any form of legally actionable discrimination. That having been said, if a worker is "non-exempt" from overtime laws, then they must be paid for all hours worked, and any over 40 must be paid as OT.
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