Working when my place of business is supposed to be closed
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Working when my place of business is supposed to be closed
So on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day my place of business closes down. They send 1 person from the office home with a computer as an on-call person. We received an email a month ago with the holiday schedule specifically stating that we’d be closed those days. Now today is the day before Christmas Eve and the on-call employee’s computer isn’t working, so my co-workers have been saying that my boss may make us all come in. Is he allowed to do this at such a short notice? If it helps we work in a breakdown department for a shipping company.
Asked on December 23, 2018 under Employment Labor Law, Ohio
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 5 years ago | Contributor
Unless having you work when you place of business is suppossed to be closed violates the terms of an employment contract or union agreement, unfortunately it is legal. This is true whether or not reasonable notice was provided. The fact is that a business can set the conditions of the workplace much as it sees fit (absent some form of legally actionable discrimination).
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 5 years ago | Contributor
Unless having you work when you place of business is suppossed to be closed violates the terms of an employment contract or union agreement, unfortunately it is legal. This is true whether or not reasonable notice was provided. The fact is that a business can set the conditions of the workplace much as it sees fit (absent some form of legally actionable discrimination).
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