Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!uunet!aplcen!wb3ffv!idsssd!bruce From: bruce@idsssd.UUCP (Bruce T. Harvey) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: Why is voluntary work excluded? Summary: because Message-ID: <773@idsssd.UUCP> Date: 10 Sep 90 18:25:03 GMT References: <3876@sactoh0.SAC.CA.US> <1990Sep4.001018.4034@zoo.toronto.edu> <1990Sep10.054830.27039@nmt.edu> Organization: In*sight Distribution Systems, Hunt Valley, MD Lines: 24 In article <1990Sep10.054830.27039@nmt.edu>, nraoaoc@nmt.edu (Daniel Briggs) writes: > In article > shafer@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov (Mary Shafer) writes: > > ... material deleted ... > > Non-pay status means that we don't get paid and > >we can't come to work, even as volunteers. > > I'm just curious, Mary, as to why voluntary work is specifically excluded. > Is it simply that they want to *completely* close down in the installation, > (ie. heaters, janitors, non-gate guards, and so on) ... I'll bet it's for "insurance/liability" reasons. If someone is not being paid to be there, they are not acting in the capacity of an "employee," therefore they must not be authorized to be there and therefore any contractural arrangements regarding hazard/comp/etc pay are null and void in this situation. This would work in BOTH directions. But it's just a guess (;-) ... -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Bruce T. Harvey {B-}> | ... cp1!sarin!wb3ffv!idsssd!bruce System Software Dvlpmt | ... idssup!idsssd!bruce -or- ...ctnews!idsssd!bruce (301) 329-1100 -- x312 | In*sight Distribution Systems -Hunt Valley, MD 21031