Can my employer force me to work weekends?

[Red]

I work Monday-Friday 7am - 2pm (35 hours/wk) and take night classes. I enjoy having my weekend off. However, my supervisor said today that they would like me start working Saturday 12-5 because it would (1) improve their weekend performance (this is a call center) and (2) turn me into a full time employee.

I have worked this shift for a year. If I tell them I don't want to work 6 days a week / fulltime because I have school and other obligations... what can they do? I get along very well with my supervisor and HR, but when I commented that I don't want to work 6 days a week, she said most people in the call center work 7 days a week, and only a handful work 5, so they would most likely start moving everyone into 6-day schedules. I said I don't want to commit to anything yet.

Can they force me to work Saturdays? Grrrr

 

[rudeguy]

why couldnt they?

 

[Chaotic42]

They can fire you, or severely cut back your hours if you don't work.

 

[Deeko]

They can schedule you whenever they want. If you don't work your hours, they can fire you. Simple enough.

 

[minendo]

You decide: Work Saturday and be able to pay for your car or choose not to work, lose your job, and not pay for you car.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Boley law states that an employer may force you to work overtime with no specific notification ahead of time. They could call you on Saturday morning, wake you up, and tell you that you're working that day.

 

[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: Deeko
They can schedule you whenever they want. If you don't work your hours, they can fire you. Simple enough.

Dead on.

As long as they follow break/lunch/OT laws they could schedule you to work 24x7x365 if they wanted to.

You of course can quit at any time.

Viper GTS

 

[Red]

<--- Owned! So there isn't some kind of "well, I was hired in monday - friday, you can't change my schedule now" wave that I can ride?

 

[TheGameIs21]

You can either work the shift they tell you to or you can quit. The only time this is an issue is if they try to force OT. Then there are some laws to look at and even then, you are at their mercy.

[editNo, there isn't anything you can do about it but quit or just ask that you not be given those hours. Either way, you are at their mercy.[/edit]

 

[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: FFMCobalt
Boley law states that an employer may force you to work overtime with no specific notification ahead of time. They could call you on Saturday morning, wake you up, and tell you that you're working that day.

Pssst...

It's BOLI, & they just enforce the laws.

Viper GTS

 

[Jzero]

Yah, basically if you are not under a contract, it's between you and your employer. They can't force you to do anything, but they can fire you.

 

[AvesPKS]

Originally posted by: Red
<--- Owned! So there isn't some kind of "well, I was hired in monday - friday, you can't change my schedule now" wave that I can ride?

Well you're not a contracted employee, right? So I'm thinking no.

 

[SuperTool]

Tell them you are Jewish.

 

[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: Red
<--- Owned! So there isn't some kind of "well, I was hired in monday - friday, you can't change my schedule now" wave that I can ride?

You can ask for/demand/whatever anything you want, they don't have to give it to you.

If they need you bad enough they'll cave, if you're disposable...

Viper GTS

 

[dartworth]

Originally posted by: Jzero
Yah, basically if you are not under a contract, it's between you and your employer. They can't force you to do anything, but they can fire you.

Not under contract or in a union

 

[TheGameIs21]

This is the first time I have ever heard someone complain about getting a full time job at a company they like. You gotta decide if you want to make yourself marketable at that company or move on.

 

[teckmaster]

I would do it just because it would make me full time and then they have to provide you with benefits.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS

Originally posted by: Deeko
They can schedule you whenever they want. If you don't work your hours, they can fire you. Simple enough.

Dead on.

As long as they follow break/lunch/OT laws they could schedule you to work 24x7x365 if they wanted to.

You of course can quit at any time.

Viper GTS

hmm thought that there was a law saying you could not work more then x amount of days in a row.

 

[yobarman]

Originally posted by: Red
I work Monday-Friday 7am - 2pm (35 hours/wk) and take night classes. I enjoy having my weekend off. However, my supervisor said today that they would like me start working Saturday 12-5 because it would (1) improve their weekend performance (this is a call center) and (2) turn me into a full time employee.

I have worked this shift for a year. If I tell them I don't want to work 6 days a week / fulltime because I have school and other obligations... what can they do? I get along very well with my supervisor and HR, but when I commented that I don't want to work 6 days a week, she said most people in the call center work 7 days a week, and only a handful work 5, so they would most likely start moving everyone into 6-day schedules. I said I don't want to commit to anything yet.

Can they force me to work Saturdays? Grrrr

if you're cool with the management tell them that you don't want to work weekends because you have school becase you don't want to work in a call center for the rest of your life. This is what my friend did all the time.. he treated his bosses like sh*t cause his mom was way up there in the ranks. Haha

 

[MaxDepth]

Yeah. It's just that we're putting new coversheets on all the TPS reports before now before they go out now. So I'd really appreciate it if you could just remember to do that from now on. That'd be great.

 

[DT4K]

Originally posted by: teckmaster
I would do it just because it would make me full time and then they have to provide you with benefits.

Not unless it's a state specific law I've never heard of. Just because you are full-time doesn't mean you are entitled to benefits.


Hahahahaha, I just realized Red is the same guy who thought the dealership was obligated to fix a car that he bought from them "AS IS".

Dude, the world is not obligated to take care of you. The world does not owe you anything. You are responsible for yourself.

 

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: Shanti

Originally posted by: teckmaster
I would do it just because it would make me full time and then they have to provide you with benefits.

Not unless it's a state specific law I've never heard of. Just because you are full-time doesn't mean you are entitled to benefits.


Hahahahaha, I just realized Red is the same guy who thought the dealership was obligated to fix a car that he bought from them "AS IS".

Dude, the world is not obligated to take care of you. The world does not owe you anything. You are responsible for yourself.

I can only speak for NJ and PA, but in these two states you cannot offer benefits to some of your FTRs. It's all or nothing.

 

[MaxDepth]

Mr. Lumbergh told me to talk to payroll and payroll told me to talk to Mr. Lumbergh and I still have not received my paycheck and they moved my desk to storage room B and there was garbage on it.

 

[Dedpuhl]

....another benefit of working for the state. I haven't worked on a Saturday or Sunday since August 18, 2002.

 

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: Dedpuhl
....another benefit of working for the state. I haven't worked on a Saturday or Sunday since August 18, 2002.

Not to mention the weekdays you don't work, either