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Work wants to make events mandatory and unpaid…legal advice?

For background I work for a federal institution in Arizona as an ambassador of sorts. We have this specific week-long event every year in which we work from 8am to anywhere from 8pm-12am for 7 days in a row, overtime included. Last year I made close to 1000 dollars in that week alone, it’s filled with a lot of team bonding activities and presentations, it honestly doesn’t feel like work half the time. I was just informed that for some of our team bonding exercises we are being told to clock out. These exercises are mandatory for us to attend as we signed a contract stating we would be there for certain periods of time on specific days several months ago. Is there any legal clause I can introduce to defend me and my coworkers? I stated that i’m either clocking in or not attending but my coworkers simply aren’t…


For background I work for a federal institution in Arizona as an ambassador of sorts. We have this specific week-long event every year in which we work from 8am to anywhere from 8pm-12am for 7 days in a row, overtime included. Last year I made close to 1000 dollars in that week alone, it’s filled with a lot of team bonding activities and presentations, it honestly doesn’t feel like work half the time. I was just informed that for some of our team bonding exercises we are being told to clock out. These exercises are mandatory for us to attend as we signed a contract stating we would be there for certain periods of time on specific days several months ago. Is there any legal clause I can introduce to defend me and my coworkers? I stated that i’m either clocking in or not attending but my coworkers simply aren’t as passionate about this stuff as me. Thoughts and advice?

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