Labor laws... can anybody help me???

in tennessee my partner works at a residential treatment facility and is being 'required' to work six 12 hour shifts in a row (with) overtime pay.. but isnt there a law that prohibits mandatory overtime? i thought it was voluntary.. am i wrong?

sources would be excellent. thank you.

there was never any talk of mandatory overtime. in fact, she told her employer she would only be able to work the morning shift from 8-4 and no more than 40 hours a week. there was a verbal agreement from her employer on that. for the past 3 weeks she has been told she is required to work these consecutive 12 hour shifts. her last paycheck was a little over $600 for 102 hours. how is that right?

Here ya go:

http://blog.laborlawtalk.com/2006/11/28/...

My sister had a similar problem and had to quit her job because of it. She has a 5 year old who has to be picked up every day. The company lost out because she ended up getting a better job, anyway. Good luck to you! Report It

If a person is being paid overtime there is no law that says he is not allowed to work, mandatory overtime? he should be happy! It is only 72 hours a week. I work in the film industry and my guarantee for a week contract is 60hours. If I only work 72 I will be happy.

As far as I know, there are some jobs that require overtime..thus being called mandatory overtime.
I work as an accounting secretary for one of my jobs and during tax season there is mandatory overtime to a certain extent. I was told about this up front during my interview...I would assume that a job would be required to tell a possible employee of it or even the possibility of it at that time.