Can your boss make you work more than 40 hours a week?

“Yes,” your employer can require you to work overtime and can fire you if you refuse, according to the Fair Labor Standards Act or FLSA (29 U.S.C. It requires only that employers pay employees overtime (time and a half the worker’s regular rate of pay) for any hours over 40 that the employee works in a week.

Is a full-time employee guaranteed 40 hours?

An employer is required to either guarantee a full-time employee with at least thirty-eight (38) hours of work each week, or if this is not possible, the employer will still generally need to pay a full-time employee for thirty-eight (38) hours of work.

Can an employer cut your hours if you are full-time?

Your employer doesn’t need a reason to cut your pay or reduce the hours you are scheduled to work. Unfortunately, employers can, in most cases, cut your pay or reduce your hours since most employees are “hired at will.”

Can your employer cut your hours if your a full-time?

Ask a lawyer – it’s free! Unless you have a written agreement for full time work, your hours can be cut. You can pick up another part-time job. Please note that I am answering this question as a service through Avvo but not as your attorney and no attorney-client relationship is established by this posting.

What is the least amount of hours my employer can give me?

Other than the limitations suggested by Michael would be if the employer… I am sorry to tell you there is no law which requires an employer to schedule an employee for any amount of hours. It is left to the discretion of the employer to decide how many hours an employee will work.

Can a employer make you work 50 hours a week?

The short answer is: it depends on what the terms of employment were when you were hired. If you were hired to work 40 hours a week, but there was no mention of overtime hours, your employer cannot make you work 50 hours a week. Your employer cannot change the terms of employment.

How many hours does a full time employee work?

The U.S. Department of Labor does not give a definition of what a full-time employee is, but the IRS and the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) define it as anyone working 30 or more hours per week, or 130 hours or more per month.