Employer forcing unpaid hours

[Mel_B1981]

Hi all,

Does anyone know what the go is with employers forcing staff to attend a "sales conference"?
It's UNPAID, and they are not only requiring us to attend all day SATURDAY, but SUNDAY also!

They've already been told to go to hell with one thing - I will not go out and buy blue jeans simply because they WANT me to wear blue jeans on the Sunday "Team Building" event!

We've been told that it is compulsory that all must attend both days to be perfectly honest, it's really got me (along with several other team members) big time!

Edited to Add: I have been wanting to leave my current employer for over 12 months now. Only every time I get the courage up to start looking for another job we get close to be able to start IVF so I've been hanging in there as I'm eligible for maternity leave here now. My plan at this point is to wait and see what our IVF appointment in February has in store for us - if IVF is a go ahead, I will be hanging around and taking maternity leave and never coming back, if IVF is a no-go, I will be getting out of here at the first available opportunity. The urge to punch some of the morons here is just getting too high and my tolerance levels are dropping faster and faster.