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Re:Google Ends Forced Arbitration for Employees by m0zg on Thursday February 21, 2019 @09:54PM (#19222736)
>> On what basis

On the basis that the contract says "40 hours a week". I don't owe the employer jack beyond that.

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Re:Google Ends Forced Arbitration for Employees by dragonwriter on Friday February 22, 2019 @03:19AM (#19223869)
> On the basis that the contract says "40 hours a week".

It's extremely rare for salaried worker contracts to say that.

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Re:Google Ends Forced Arbitration for Employees by ck425 on Friday February 22, 2019 @05:08AM (#19224244)
Most in the UK do, albeit normally with a caveat about exceptional situations.
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Re:Google Ends Forced Arbitration for Employees by C1sc0cat on Friday February 22, 2019 @08:04AM (#19224924)
Not for salaried they don't its no fixed hours of work - some employee handbooks will have core hours and a suggested average per week.
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Re:Google Ends Forced Arbitration for Employees by eeZah7Ux on Friday February 22, 2019 @06:28AM (#19224511)
It's the norm almost everywhere in the world.
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