Usually (at least in civilized countries), workers "on call" get paid for that time... less than for working, but perhaps 1/3 to 1/2 of that.
But I think the issue is mainly a management/organizational problem -- during times of low customer traffic, employees could be withdrawn from the checkouts to the "house-work" (filling the shelves, rearranging the stocks, etc.). Of course the customers don't like waiting in line for too long (the usual corporate way of saving wages..), but that wouldn't make too many on-call employee chicaneries necessary if the management is good... Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
