Can you work overtime

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

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.).

Answer 3

yes

Answer 4

yes