Yes, employees may work overtime, whether authorized or unauthorized.
However, employers can discipline an employee if he or she violates the employer's policy of working overtime without the required authorization.
In California however, an employee should be compensated for any hours he or she is "suffered or permitted to work, whether or not required to do so." Thus, employers must pay overtime, whether authorized or not, at the rate of one and one-half times the employee's regular rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of eight up to an including 12 hours in any workday, and for the first eight hours of work on the seventh consecutive day of work in a workweek.
No. Generally, an employer has the power to dictate the employee's work schedule and hours. So if the employee refuses to work scheduled overtime, under most circumstances the employer may discipline an employee, up to and including termination.
However, there are exceptions -- an employee may validly refuse to work overtime if say for example, he is disabled and is asking for a reasonable accommodation or other similar circumstances where reasonable accommodation must be given to employees (pregnancy, religion, etc.).
yes
yes
Overtime is work done outside your normal daily hours. If you normally work an eight hour day, but work an extra hour one day. That extra hour is overtime, and overtime is often paid at a higher rate.
If you have a union where you work, overtime is often limited for workers in school. If you are being forced to work overtime which is unfair, you should join a union.
If they have to correct a fault in an important corporation's IT system, they may well work overtime.
You're supposed to be paid more if you work overtime.
Not always. They get payed alot more for working overtime. As I say, Photographers don't always work overtime.
If you have a union where you work, overtime is often limited for workers in school. If you are being forced to work overtime which is unfair, you should join a union.
Sometimes
No
Employees work the hours set by the employer. Employers try to avoid working employees in overtime situations. Overtime is designed as a PENALTY on employers.
Yes. Often.
Yes.
I work Overtime