Workers In Brazil Can Claim Overtime For Answering Email After Hours

New submitter zzyvits writes "With smartphones becoming more and more common, the push for employees to work after hours is becoming greater. Would the push be as hard if the employers had to pay for it? A law recently passed in Brazil makes it possible for employees who answer emails after normal work hours to claim overtime pay."

Re:Everyone already can do this

[sunderland56]

1. Team up with a co-worker.
2. Exchange a long string of emails back and forth each evening.
3. Profit!

The first one to claim email overtime . . .

[PolygamousRanchKid]

. . . will be the last one to receive a promotion . . .

Dynamically weight and sort promotion list based on willingness to do overtime email for free.

Patent this.

Re:on the other hand

[Anonymous Coward]

"Lisa, if you don't like your job you don't strike. You just go in every day and do it really half-assed. That's the American way." -Homer

Re:Spontaneous outbreak of common sense

[duguk]

Not likely, that company has serious corruption issues and they don't provide copies for the employees. All logs are on the same sheet making it difficult to get a copy.

Never thought I'd see on Slashdot someone complaining that it's difficult to get a copy of something...