Q: Can my employer demand that I stay at work for 14-30 days? I am being told will not be allowed to go home.
Where I work we have no sleeping facilities, the bathrooms are unsanitary and no laundry facilities. No one has been tested for the corona virus but we are being told we are going to be locked down and not allowed to go home. We will only be paid for our normal shift hours. Isn't this against FLSA? Can they legally demand this, put all of our health at risk and not pay us for being engaged to wait?
A: This is America. Slavery was abolished in 1863. No one--including your employer--can "force" you to come to work, or to stay at work or to work in the dark, whatever. However, Florida employers are free to terminate your employment at any time and for any reason. Moreover, refusing to work may be considered "insubordination" in any unemployment claim, so be careful.
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