'That's not legal at all. It's wage theft': Boss calls 20-year-old employee 'ungrateful' after she refuses to work overtime for free

• That's what happened in this situation, though, when a young worker was faced with the first of what will become many workplace dillemmas. They were asked to do something they should not be asked to do, but still faced possible repercussions when they said no. Read on to see what you would have done in this situation. 

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  Got called "ungrateful" for not wanting to work overtime for free

  
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  Other workers were quick to swoop in and set the record straight about what was going on here.

  
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