Ever get your hours cut at work?

[amdskip]

Can an employer legally force you to go home early when you were scheduled that day? I work retail at walmart and they are cutting hours because the payroll isn't that great right now. I want to know if they can force you to work less than the hours you are scheduled. Right now they are just asking us to cut but I don't want to loose any hours and I want to know if they can force me to go home.

 

[kranky]

Yes.

 

[bmacd]

they're doing the same thing at kmart right now...asking anybody and everybody to leave early if they can. People leave and there's nobody left on the floor but two people

I dunno...things seem to be slow everywhere right now.

-=bmacd=-

 

[BD2003]

Its either that or they get closed down, and you lose your job period.

 

[Blayze]

yes

I worked at Office Depot Part Time for a few months. One time they had to "cut hours"

Since I was part time I was one of the first to go. I worked like 1 day a week for two weeks. That really hurt my paycheck too.

 

[Dedpuhl]

I work at Kroger. I am full-time and they can at most cut me to 32 hours. They would, however, have to lay off part-time people before they reduce my hours. Unions are good...

 

[nord1899]

Nah. Here they lay-off people and have everyone else work extra. Oh wait, I'm salaried so I don't get overtime.

Damn.

 

[purbeast0]

Heh wanna hear something messedup? My manager, whom I have never liked and has always been a prick to me, cut back my hours because I wouldn't give him a discount on modding his playstation. I mod them for $20, and he wanted it cheaper than that. He actually cut back my hours because I wouldn't give him a discount. F-him. He's not my friend, he gets no discount.

 

Yep - I've been cut down on hours too at work. I work at a golf course, and while we usually have 2 people working @ the same time during the summer, they've cut us down to one. So basically, I'm earning about 2/3 of what I used to be earning.

That's okay. I'll have a job at the U of M this fall where they ALWAYS need people (parking narc!).

Mike

 

[Pepsei]

at retail, they can probably also fire you anytime they want if you refuse to have your hours cut.....

 

[T2T III]

He actually cut back my hours because I wouldn't give him a discount. F-him. He's not my friend, he gets no discount.

This is messed up. Your boss sounds like a prick.