I have a remote position that requires on-call work. We answer calls to schedule things. The on-call duties are the same as during the day when taking calls, just with fewer calls. Lately I've been talking with HR about being paid for shift work for this. They only pay a stipend and then time worked at the moment. I looked up state laws and federal laws on on-call work and it seems they are not paying us appropriately. HR says there are no plans on changing our compensation.
Some of the laws I read say “an employee is considered to be on compensable duty if he is actively working or waiting to work and is not permitted to use the time for his own purposes.”
And this describes our job. We are waiting, be it a few minutes during the day, for each call. Or several hours, when on-call, for each call. The people who have spoke with me about this make me feel like they're just placating me. Is this worth fighting?