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From: kidd@halley.UUCP (Dave Kidd)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Why is voluntary work excluded?
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Date: 11 Sep 90 20:54:37 GMT
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>  shafer@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov (Mary Shafer) writes:
>  Non-pay status means that we don't get paid and we can't come to work,
>  even as volunteers.

I've been told, though it may not apply to government work, that federal
legislation mandates that "non-exempt" (under federal fair labor standards
act) workers MUST be paid for every hour worked, whether they "volunteer"
or not. I guess to avoid an employer mandating such "voluntary" work to get
around minimum wage or overtime standards.

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David N. Kidd, Tandem Computers, Austin TX
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