Suit Alleges Answering Calls, Emails After-Hours Warrants Compensation
A Chicago police lawsuit is alleging that the city should pay overtime for those who do work on cellphones after hours. The suit says that officers were pressured to answer calls and emails on their phones, but were dissuaded from filing for overtime. The case may decide questions around whether calls and emails are defined as work, an issue which affects many workers.
See "Suit Alleges Answering Calls, Emails After-Hours Warrants Compensation", Michael Tarm, CBS News, February 6, 2013