In Chao v Gotham Registry , a temporary employment agency for nurses placed them at various hospitals. Despite a rule forbidding overtime, nurses frequently worked overtime at the hospitals request, as Gotham knew, but refused to pay overtime. When the nurses sued for overtime pay, the court determined that:

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The agency, Gotham Registry, knew that nurses frequently worked overtime at the hospitals' request and did nothing to enforce its rule against overtime. Therefore, the agency was responsible for paying the overtime according to the court's decision. The nurses did not volunteer their time since the hospitals made the request for overtime. The hospitals were not the employer in this case, so they were not required to pay overtime. The agency, Gotham Registry, knew that the nurses were frequently working overtime at the hospitals' request despite the rule against overtime, yet did nothing to enforce its rule. Therefore, the agency can be held responsible for paying the nurses overtime. The hospitals may also have some responsibility to pay overtime, but that is not addressed in the given information. Option A is not accurate as the nurses were not volunteering their time, but working under the hospitals' request. Option B could be a possible answer, but only if it is combined with option C as the agency bears the ultimate responsibility. Option D is not the correct answer as the court ruling was given.

In Chao V Gotham Registry , a Temporary Employment Agency