forced overtime
Compulsory extended shift
Forced overtime is work beyond regular hours that employees are required to perform, not voluntarily chosen.
Unlike optional overtime, workers face consequences—disciplinary action or termination—for refusing.
The practice is common in manufacturing, healthcare, and logistics during peak demand: The nurses were exhausted after weeks of forced overtime.
Also called mandatory or compulsory overtime.
- mandatoryRequired by rule
- unpaidNot yet compensated
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
- deadlineTime limit for completion
- crunchCrushing, grinding noise
burnout · sweatshop · exploitation · union busting · pressure · hours · weekend · skeleton crew · all hands on deck · grind · demanding · relentless · labor · shift · punch the clock · overwork · coerced · unfair
- labor abusewage theft, unpaid wages, worker exploitation, withheld wages, minimum wage violations
- sweatshopssweatshop labor, garment worker, garment workers, garment factories, factory workers
- workplace conflictbullying, harassment, hostile environment, intimidation, mobbing
- union bustingunion busting, strikebreaker, strikebreaking, scabs, scab
forced overtimeregular hours
Fixed, consistent work times
reduced hours · part-time work · flexible schedule · nine-to-five · bankers' hours
forced overtimetime off
Scheduled absence from duties
personal time · work-life balance · leisure time · paid leave · vacation
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