Is there are law that protects workers from doing excess work that they are not entitled to do, nor get paid for?

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Is there are law that protects workers from doing excess work that they are not entitled to do, nor get paid for?

Since the firing of my co-supervisor, I have been doing the work of two people. I have not been given the title nor the pay of the higher supervisor, and I have been doing it for over six months. I have the title of a office supervisor and have been doing my job as well as the warehouse supervisory position.

Asked on July 1, 2009 under Employment Labor Law, Georgia

Answers:

B. B., Member, New Jersey Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 14 years ago | Contributor

Unless you are protected by a written employment contract, or an employee handbook with job title rules that can be used as contractually binding against the employer (which is very rare), you are an employee at will.  This means that you can be fired for no reason at all;  therefore, you can also have your job duties increased without pay, and there really isn't anything you can do about it.

Except that "at will" also means you can leave if you find a better job, where you can be paid for the experience you've gotten over the last six months.  It's time to update your resume, so it shows what you've been doing, not just what you've been getting paid for.


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