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Is it legal to - be forced to

Posted: Jul 26, 2010

work 6 days a week, even though it adds up to 40 hours a week? Our supervisor is trying to force us to work 2 hours every Friday night. This means only one full day off. I have had to get another part-time job on call Friday and Saturday (under the table) to supplement the lost income with MQ and so can't work her mandated hours. Is it even legal to demand that?

Mine is wanting for me to work Fri-Mon. - Otherwise, I will have to be moved.

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She needs coverage for weekend. If not enough volunteers, then she will have to make tough decisions and will have to change our hours whether we like it or not.

Otherwise, if I do not accept changes, I will have to go to another group and learn a new primary and have a CCM. We are just overstaffed during the week.

Funny thing is, we used to get shift differential for working weekends. Why not now?

Think it is malarky - have worked weekends - in several different

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areas and not ever seen the "swamped" scenerio they describe. I think it is a ploy to get more people to quit.

If they are so understaffed on the weekend, - anon

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why do we have NJA on Monday mornings?

Have India work weekends... - they will do anything for 2 cpl

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Isn't that why we have them, to cover the night and weekend shift that no-one wants?

That is what a prior CCM told me years ago.

Same thing I was told -- it would "benefit" us - anonymous

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because they would cover the shifts that were hard to get coverage for. Pooey.

It's actually the other way around... WE work the time that THEY can't - Kiki

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They don't work on their holidays. Or certain religious days, which happen often. They just don't do it. Against their "religion" to work certain days....it's BALONEY

pay a decent weekend incentive - people would volunteer

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There are ways to get the weekends covered without threats and guilt trips. Show us the money!

Yes, it is. - nm

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nm

you may be able to get partial unemployment - changed work conditions

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It might be worth checking into- If MQ changes your working conditions beyond what you were originally hired for some states will allow you to collect unemployment. And a lot of stuff MQ does is on the border of legal/illegal- do not give in to threats of schedule change.

Back when I started, we signed a contract. - anonymous

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It stated our schedules and line rate. I have never changed schedules and haven't been fired (yet). I have gotten those nasty threatening E-mails also, but just never replied and kept working my original schedule.

Thanks - Be forced to

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I just don't want to be fired as I'm very close to losing my house if I don't keep up this pace. I'd have to quit the part-time job if I had to work those Friday evening hours. I'll just try to lie low for now.

Same here. Signed a contract. Ignore emails. - Work my schedule

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I signed up for certain hours. I'm not changing because THEY can't seem to manage properly.

I work my schedule and that's it. When they cry backlog, I don't much care anymore.

Leaving soon.

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