Can your employer force you to work overtime in Indiana?

Answer 1

The short answer is yes.

There are some exceptions for certain professions; if, for example, you have a job where you are not legally ALLOWED to work more than 8 hours per day because of safety regulations, then your employer cannot require you to violate that law.

Generally you're required to be paid at a higher rate (time-and-a-half, or 1.5 times your base wages) for any time in excess of 40 hours per week, unless you're what's called an "exempt" employee (if you get a salary rather than an hourly wage, you're probably exempt).

If you're a member of a union, check with your union representative to see if your union contract has any specific provisions regarding overtime in excess of what is required by law.

Better answer - no employer can force you to work overtime. Employers can DEMAND it, but cannot compel. You can refuse, employer can dismiss you. No force is involved.

Answer 2

My husbands employer is a Union shop. In an old contract the employer required that every employee have $10 deducted from their paycheck each week that goes back to the company. The time frame this was contracted for was up a year ago. The employer is still deducting this $10 per week from all the employees. Now they are also saying they will not give the yearly cost of living increase.

My main question: Is this legal in the first place? It appears to me that the company is making the workers pay to work there. If the employee refuses to pay this fee then they loose their job. Is this legal? If it is not can you please direct me to a viable source for verification?