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[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago (2 children)

What is wrong with America. In the UK and the EU it is illegal to work for no pay

[–] SuddenDownpour 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

It is indeed illegal, but unfortunately it still happens.

https://www.tuc.org.uk/news/workers-uk-put-more-ps35-billion-worth-unpaid-overtime-last-year-tuc-analysis

Workers in the UK put in more than £35 billion worth of unpaid overtime [during 2019]

https://www.cgtbs.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1543:horas-extra-el-mayor-robo-de-la-historia&catid=59:circulares-2011&lang=es&Itemid=0

58% of overtime hours in Spain during the 2nd semester of 2015 were not renumerated