I have a friend who worked for the Redwood National Park for eleven years, eleven months a year so they could keep him classified as seasonal and not give him the benefits package. He did finally get on full time but the govt has been doing this for years. They would scream about a private employer doing that.
I have a friend in the contract staffing business who told me about his employees at a certain account being forced to work 60+ hours per week even though they could only be on the clock for 40.
That client was the STATE GOVERNMENT of a very large state!