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Can an employer have you on call without compensation?

I was hired to work a rotating 12 hour schedule. One week it’s 3 days on 4 days off and then 4 days on 3 days off. We will soon be going to an 8 hour schedule. So we will only ever have 2 days off and every three weeks we are expected to be on call for our weekend. They do not plan on paying any sort of compensation unless you’re actually called into work on those days. Just curious if that is legal. Already being told that not coming in on our days off will result in a write up if we are on call. Which can eventually lead to termination. I live in Washington State for reference.


I was hired to work a rotating 12 hour schedule. One week it’s 3 days on 4 days off and then 4 days on 3 days off. We will soon be going to an 8 hour schedule. So we will only ever have 2 days off and every three weeks we are expected to be on call for our weekend. They do not plan on paying any sort of compensation unless you’re actually called into work on those days. Just curious if that is legal. Already being told that not coming in on our days off will result in a write up if we are on call. Which can eventually lead to termination. I live in Washington State for reference.

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