Can my employer require me to only have 2-3 days off per month when I initially was only supposed to work 5 days a week?
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Can my employer require me to only have 2-3 days off per month when I initially was only supposed to work 5 days a week?
I used to work M-F at 40 hours but then they took on more business, so required us to
Asked on March 18, 2016 under Employment Labor Law, California
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 8 years ago | Contributor
Do you have a union agreement or employment contract that prohibits your being sheduled for these hours? Is this action contrary to stated company policy? Does your treatment constitute some form of legal discrimination? If not, then scheduling you to work the additional time is prefecly legal. The fact is that in "at will" employment arrangements, a company can set the conditions of the worklace much as it sees fit. This includes expanding an employee's scheduled hours. That having been said, if you are an exempt employee, then you are entitled to ovetime pay for any hours worked over 40 in a week or, in CA, for any hours over 8 worked in a single day. Unfortunately, your only recourse here is to either comply with the new schedule, compalin and risk termination or quit.
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