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Woman sues her employer for paying her to do nothing for 20 years
(www.news24.com)
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She says, “Being paid, at home, not working is not a privilege. It’s very hard to bear.”
She was paid to stay home for 10 years. I mean that sucks for Career advancement, but also find a second job and enjoy the bonus cash
The key issue wasn't money, its that this company pushed a disabled person off to the side and hoped she would just leave. Getting paid to do nothing seems great but gets old fast, especially if you have to be accessible through a company computer. You are stuck at home monitoring a company devise for hours on the off chance some messages you. In addition to this, there is no hope of a promotion because you have no work to be promoted for.
Sounds like they didn't bother to do that though. And I have been in a situation where you are 'on call' like this, since you have to be 'at work' and are getting paid, you just work with it. I'd cook dinner, with laptop in kitchen. Or you setup a movie on another machine and mute your mic, or read a book, fold laundry, play with the kids, setup email and phone forwarding etc.
Also there is no guarantees that work gets promotion. And you don't wait 10 years, you get a lawyer the first year and sue for constructive dismissal