If you want full-time effort, then you need to pay full-time wages. If your job wants to commandeer your time even when you’re not there, then they better be paying for it. Being «on-call» is a very real thing, and it comes with certain expectations. There are protections in place to make sure your time is being respected. But at a low-wage job, do they still get to control your time however they please? Do you have to surrender your free time just to be on the hook?