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Unpaid online training

Been at my new part time restaurant job not even two weeks, and I’m being pressured to complete some online training. There’s about 4 hours of it to do. It’s unpaid, and me and one other employee have said we’ll only complete during work hours or if it is paid to us. Management aren’t happy and are saying if we don’t complete it in our free time we can’t legally be employed anymore. This pisses me off as in my mind, everything work related should be paid. Keep in mind i’m in the UK not the US, so i’m unsure of the legality around it, but i know Walmart got taken to court for something like this in the US and lost. Should I refuse to do the training unless it’s on the clock? Or take the L and do it at home just to avoid risking losing my job.


Been at my new part time restaurant job not even two weeks, and I’m being pressured to complete some online training. There’s about 4 hours of it to do. It’s unpaid, and me and one other employee have said we’ll only complete during work hours or if it is paid to us. Management aren’t happy and are saying if we don’t complete it in our free time we can’t legally be employed anymore. This pisses me off as in my mind, everything work related should be paid. Keep in mind i’m in the UK not the US, so i’m unsure of the legality around it, but i know Walmart got taken to court for something like this in the US and lost. Should I refuse to do the training unless it’s on the clock? Or take the L and do it at home just to avoid risking losing my job.

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