Hi guys, so I am about to start working as a first responder for a government agency and one of the documents I’m being asked to sign states what’s in the title. They’re wanting me to agree to receiving compensatory time off in lieu of actual OT.
Here are my questions:
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Can I refuse this, and assert my requirement for standard overtime pay (which is time and a half)?
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Would the agency be able to use this as a means to rescind my offer?
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If I can assert this, and they can’t rescind my offer for this reason, how should I actually go about asserting this? I’ve taken the paper, crossed out that bit, and notated that I require standard OT instead. I plan on signing and dating it in this state and submitting it along with the 35 other pages of documents to HR tomorrow. If that’s a bad idea I can print out another one. Just hoping for some guidance here lol