[sammyg2]

The law states that any hours worked over 8 hours per day are to be paid at time and a half, unless the employees are covered by a collective bargaining agreement (union) or if the company holds a secret ballot vote and 2/3rds of the employees affected agree top give up their right to that overtime.

Many years ago, I was hired by Shell oil company.
The position was salaried-non exempt as it was a technical position. That meant salary plus overtime.

The working schedule was 4x10 (10 hrs per day 4 days per week).
I was non represented, no union. I assumed they had done the vote thing, but they had not.

So technically and legally, I was entitled to time and a half overtime pay for ever hour over 8 which works out to be 1 hour of pay for every day I worked in that position over a few years.
BTW I no long work for Shell.

One phone call and I can get that back pay, around $40 grand near as I can figure.

I've been thinking about this for a few weeks.
There is no doubt that I am legally entitled to that money, but ethically it just seems wrong.

So question time:
1) should I forget it and not bite the hand that fed me, I knew going it what the pay and schedule was and I should just be grateful for the job.

or

2) I should make the phone call and get the money, it's mine and I earned it and I can rationalize the guilt away later.