Is it true that there is a law that says that all scheduled work shifts must be a minimum of three hours long?
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Is it true that there is a law that says that all scheduled work shifts must be a minimum of three hours long?
My employer is refusing to work with my schedule so I created a schedule
myself and he says that it will not work because there is a law prohibiting any
shifts that are less than three hours in length.
Asked on January 13, 2017 under Employment Labor Law, Ohio
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
There do not appear to be any federal laws or laws in your state which require a minimum shift. (A few states have such laws, such as California--but not Ohio.) On the other hand, your employer has complete discretion to decide what shifts or shift lengths he'll accept; it is up to him, not to you, and employee input or consent is irrelevant. So even though the law does not require a longer shift, he is free to tell you that the shift is too short, such as because a short shift is disruptive or inconvenient for him, or even that he simply does not like it.
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