Should an employee be paid for time spent on phone calls from their employor?

Should an employee be paid for time spent on phone calls from their employor?

My husband works 40 hours a week but he has a work phone. They call him all night and if he doesn’t answer he gets in trouble but they don’t pay him for that.

Asked on February 29, 2012 under Employment Labor Law, California

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