Legal Question in Employment Law in Ohio

I am a professor at a private college. I am on a nine-month employment contract, which means that I get paid to work from September through May. This is true of the other professors where I work as well. Over the past few years, my employer has paid faculty who volunteer to do extra work during the summers. This year, my employer announced that they will no longer pay a stipend for this summer work, but they still want faculty to volunteer to do it. It is not mandatory.

Is it legal for an employer to ask people to volunteer to do extra work for no pay during a time when no employment contract is in effect?


Asked on 5/12/10, 11:34 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Neil Rubin Neil S. Rubin, Attorney at Law, LLC

Sure, as long as it is not mandatory and it is not held against you. I am not aware of ANY job that requires a contract. It just so happens that your "industry" works on that principle.

Is it legal, yes, but boy, what chutzpah (gall, audacity).

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Answered on 5/21/10, 8:58 am


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