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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 ...

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lifehacker.com - 11/20/2008

Employees Sue to be Paid for Time Spent Booting Up [Law]

— lifehacker.com — If you're manager tracks your time based on when you log in and out of your machine... at work, then are you missing out on pay for the time you're waiting for your machine to boot up and shut down?... (more) Employees Sue to be Paid for Time Spent Booting Up [Law]

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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 ...