Legal Question in Employment Law in Missouri
Taking hours actually worked away
My boss told me yesterday that she had to ''take away'' an hour that I had worked over my scheduled time because if she didn't it would make the weekly hours turned in subject to criticism from above. I have a problem with anyone telling me that I can not be paid for the time I have honestly worked because something needed to be finished. I was not told beforehand that I had to leave on the dot at the time I was scheduled, in fact, I have been working over the hours scheduled since I was hired in March and noone has ever said anything except ''thank you''.
I was also told yesterday that my hours were being cut to 30 hours per week because the store ''budget'' is so low for payroll. I told the manager when hired that I needed the minimum of 40 hours per week just to survive. What recourse is open to me?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Taking hours actually worked away
Demand that you get paid for the hours you worked, but first start looking for a better job. You deserve to be paid for the hours you worked. The store isn't giving back the customer's money they got during that hour, are they?
However, if you demand yor pay, they may see you as not a "team player" and let you go. If they do that because you insisted on getting paid, then you might have a legal recourse. I am not aware of those being successful cases though.
As to the number of hours going to thirty. Unless you have an employment contract, you remain an at-will employee. that menas you ar eemployed there as long as both you and your employer want. The numbers of hours worked can go from zero to forty as you and your employer both agree. You don't have to work more hours thatn you want, and they do not have to let you work more hours than they want.
You have the right to quit, and the law does not require that you give more than a moment's notice. Many people feel that two week snotice is customary, so that one can feel more sure they will get a favorable reference to future potential employers, from the one they are leaving.
If your manager does nto pay you for waht you owrked, or otherwise compensate you, then call your company's HR department and ask that you be paid for that hour. If there are to be repercussions, that will probably start it, but you will get paid.
Good Luck
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