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Employees Sue Over Half-Hour Boot Times
blog.wired.com - 11/20/2008
Employees Sue Over Half-Hour Boot Times
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Man, we thought we were picky when it came to the tiny details of machines, but we have nothing on lawyers. According to the National Law Journal, lawyers have found a new way to make money from crappy gadgets: Lawyers are noting a new type of lawsuit, in which employees are suing over ...
Employees Not Getting Paid for Boot-Up Times, Sue Their Employers [Work Sucks]
gizmodo.com - 11/20/2008
Employees Not Getting Paid for Boot-Up Times, Sue Their Employers [Work Sucks]
— gizmodo.com — For office drones at big companies such as AT&T;, United Health Group and Cigna, booting up their... computers at the start of the day and waiting for them to shut down takes some decent time. Like 20 minutes at the start and end of the day. And they ... (more) Employees Not Getting Paid for Boot-Up Times, Sue Their ...

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theinquirer.net - 11/19/2008
Firms charge employees for Vista boot-up times
— theinquirer.net — By Nick Farrell : Wednesday, 19 November 2008, 12:30 PM TIGHT ARSED employers are refusing to pay... employees for the 20 or so minutes it takes for their computers to boot-up or shut down. Apparently it has become an issue since the introduction of ... (more) Firms charge employees for Vista boot-up times

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Engadget:  Lawsuits over employees' unpaid computer boot-times stacking up next to unread paperwork

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Lawsuits over employees' unpaid computer boot-times stacking up next to unread paperwork
Engadget — ... be paid to work while the boot-ups and shut-downs are happening, since during that time they're doing tasks like paperwork or "arranging their calendar," while the companies counters that they're probably smoking, getting coffee, or talking to people. We're not really going to judge the veracity of these suits en masse -- we'll take them on a case-by-case basis, but there does seem to be something suspicious about this many people claiming to still use paper calendars. [Via Wired] Filed under: Desktops Lawsuits over employees' unpaid computer boot-times ...

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