Is technology helping your boss take advantage of you? Three T-Mobile employees say yes.
The Wall Street Journal reports that the cell phone carrier was sued last month by workers who claim they their bosses contacted them after hours via company-issued smartphones to handle work-related issues without pay. Those who complained were told the extra work was part of “standard business practices.”
A similar suit was filed in March by a former CB Richard Ellis Group Inc. maintenance worker, the Journal said.
With smartphones, “the boundaries become much more permeable” and work is difficult to monitor, Christina Banks, a senior lecturer at the University of California Berkeley and president of Lamorinda Consulting LLC, told the paper.
Should companies reimburse workers for any and all off-the-clock work, or is that just part of the deal in a more connected society?
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