Call for job and 'extended hours'

[James Knott]

phiscock-g851W1bGYuGnS0EtXVNi6w at public.gmane.org wrote:
>> I googled on this a bit as I was interested, I think in Ontario it
>>     
>>> depends on what "type" of job you do.  The category that I am guessing
>>> most ppl on the list are in would be IT Professional which is "Not
>>> Covered" in regards to overtime.  Some ppl on the list may be in the
>>> other two Professionals category which some of "Covered" and some are
>>> "Not Covered".
>>>
>>> http://www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/es/factsheets/fs_covered.html
>>>
>>>       
>> Are employees, not contractors, considered "professionals"
>>     
>
> My approach to this has always been to ask for 'time off equivalent to
> overtime'. So when there is a crisis, sure, you work the extra time, but
> then you get the time back. Time is your non-renewable resource in life.
> To me that's more important than overtime pay.
>
>   
Quite so and I do that myself.  However, if someone is hired on the 
basis that they're expected to work unpaid overtime, I wonder how much 
luck they'd have getting time off?  Also, some companies hire 
"contractors" as a means around some labour laws or to deny benefits.  
Microsoft was convicted of that a few years back.


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