I'm not sure where else to ask this. Google was not helpful.
My husband works in logistics as an exempt employee (California). Company has provided a cell phone. When he applied for the job, the work hours were listed as 10am-7pm. In reality, he usually leaves work about 7:30pm. No big deal. And some days he goes in early. Comes with being salaried, I get it.
We have rearranged our (myself and our 20mo) schedule based on this so we all usually wake up around 8:30am.
Husband's boss tried to call at 7am this morning. My husband leaves his work phone downstairs because it gets texts throughout the night. Each driver sends a text when they complete a delivery. The texts literally come in all night long from about 11pm-7am.
His boss said he needs to have his phone where he can hear and answer it. My husband apologized and said he'll start taking his phone upstairs.
Are there any laws for exempt employees about this? Does he really have to be available 24/7? That seems unreasonable, even for an exempt employee.