What is an acceptable on-call agreement between employee and employer?

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Published on 2009-05-29T23:22:22Z Indexed on 2010/06/07 21:23 UTC
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IT is full of heroics; many of us carry a paging device, like Batman waiting in his cave for the Bat Signal. What's a fair compensation for on-call schedules? Is it acceptable to handle emergency requests on weekends or vacations?

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