If I read office e-mail from home, must my employer compensate me for the time?
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If you are paid hourly, you have a good argument against your employer, however, it could take a long while to get compensation.  On the other hand, if you are payed a salary, your company can bypass the law.  Also, if you are salaried, you may want to read the fine print in your hire paperwork.  It can provide alot of useful information on specific guidlines for your company. In addition, you must consider that it is the employee's choice to read the E-mail from home!
1076239
I would discuss this with your company management and see what they say.  If they're providing the home office, they probably have guidelines for deciding issues like this.
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It means you work from home, and connect with your employer through email, phone and fax.
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It depends on the company of course, but as a general rule, you - if vacation time is one of the written benefits, you should receive payment for the vacation time equal to your rate of pay.  This is also dependent upon your state's employment laws.  I know that in California, I was able to file a complaint when I didn't receive my vacation compensation and it was ordered to be paid.
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no there is while u are using the varietal private network (VPN ) u will be working home as if u are at the office or inside Ur company in the Case u are ill or something and there is other works that could be done from Ur computer such as forwarding mail s  and according to the number u ll get paid and so....
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it also depends on the terms of your employment.. if you are an at will employee, private contractor or what.. it doesnt say in your post anything specific enough..
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Yes. If you have online accounts Individually set them to recieve only mail from address book and outlook will only recieve the same. Outlook isnt what i prefer.
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No. It is not right. It has been a long time since I have looked at the laws and they might have varied a little in that time. But I do know it used to be anything over five hours you had to have a half hour. Anything over seven hours you are entitled to another half hour.\n\nI will look up and see if I can find recent laws. \nFight your boss and if they will not change then take it to the BBB or the county.
997078
Yes. You need to know whether your email client would keep a copy in the trash or sent folder.
479052
You really do not have the ability to see when someone has read an email they sent you unless you are using a corporate mail system that uses Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft Outlook and the recipient is in the same company as you are. If you're sending from a personal account or across to another mail network, it is not possible.
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NO!Indeed, it is agaisnt or violating your contract you and him duly signed. Employment contract is a legal paper. He/she should respect your time even you're just an employee. You should communicate with him in a nice and professional way. If you meet both ends, change the contract for adjustment.Be safe!
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Your work account may not be set up to be accessible from home. Check with your company's technical support people (helpdesk is a good place to start).  If they allow you to check email from home, they will either give you a web address to go to and read it over the web, or instructions for connecting to it at home. The software you use to read email is not as important as the way the server that holds the email is set up--- I'm an email engineer and I have many users who use Outlook/pc at home and Mac/Entourage at the office (or the reverse) and they can see everything from everywhere.
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If it is a work email address then most likely yes. with most work emails they use a program that logs all incoming and outgoing emails. So when your sent the email the work server can basically make a copy of it and then send a copy to you.\n\nIf you are using an email account like @yahoo or @hotmail etc it should be fine. As long as you log in from the yahoo or hotmail website it should be fine. You would then also need to delete the temporary Internet files (just to be safe).
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Unfortunately, yes, emails are legally binding if they are from your company.
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No, they owe you nothing. Unless you are working for a set salary, your employer has the absolute right to set your standard work hours. If you clock in early, without being directed by an authorized supervisor to do so, then you are, in effect, establishing your own work hours and schedule. Likewise, if you work more than 8 hours, they would be mandated under federal law to pay for the overtime, which they might not have in their budget. The FLSA (Fair Labor Standards Act) is very clear about such things. Yes, you can be  "docked" (penalized with loss of pay) for clocking in late, but you're not allowed to sign in to work even a minute before your scheduled starting time. I really wish it were not this way, but imagine what would happen if this were allowed to happen? You clock in 10 minutes before your shift, but I clock in an hour beforehand. Where does a manager draw the line at the definition of "early for work"? To be fair to all, they had to make this an absolute starting time. Sorry! If you want to clock in early, see your manager about adjusting your shift starting time.
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Yes it is. There are many places who won't pay without a time card or sheet or some kind of documentation showing how many hours you actually worked.
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If you use outlook express you can request a read receipt each time.  Another email service will tell you everytime when someone reads the email you get or not.  The link to the free version is below.