My question involves employment and labor law for the state of: Pennsylvania
I am a service coordinator for a non-profit in the human services field. I work a 37.5 hour week and I am considered salaried, and exempt.
The service coordinators are required to rotate being on call during all non-business hours for a week at a time (evenings, weekends, holidays, etc.). When we are on call, we need to deal with any client related call that comes in, and often times that requires finding direct care coverage for call offs from attendants. If there isn’t an attendant available to cover the call off, we must go in to the client’s home and provide that direct care coverage.
Other than our regular salary, we are not compensated for being on call, and are not paid for any hours that we have to work when we are on call. Is it legal for my employer to not compensate us for being on call, and not paying us if we have to provide direct care coverage?
Thank you

