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Subject:Overtime, Occasional, Casual or Otherwise From:"Dennis Hays/The Burden Lake Group, Ltd." <dlhays -at- EARTHLINK -dot- NET> Date:Fri, 14 Feb 1997 17:17:29 -0500
At 10:45 AM 2/14/97 -0800, someone wrote:
>Esteemed Colleagues:
>
>The habitual practice of having employees work
>unpaid overtime ...
As technical writers, one should have a working knowledge of vocabulary.
The word "No" works wonders.
Working overtime without pay is a personal decision.
Dennis
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Dennis Hays
The Burden Lake Group, Ltd.
Telephone: (518) 477-6388
Facsimile: (518) 477-5006
eMail: dlhays -at- earthlink -dot- net
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