Legal Question in Employment Law in New York

Full time VS. Part Time

My company is cutting hours due to the ecomomy. Now, my manager has maintained our part timers hours, and cut the full timers. I had hear that in such a situation like this, there is a law requiring that PT's be cut or fired first, before docking affected Full timers. Please send any inof you have on this, as this my waht i need to get CRUCIAL hours back. I appreciate it so much


Asked on 2/26/09, 6:54 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Locksley Wade Law Office of Locksley O. Wade

Re: Full time VS. Part Time

There is no law require such protocol. Perhaps you may have a case if you are under contract or represented by a union. In these rough economic times it is wonderful that your employer is seeking to keep most of his workers employer rather than making them join the ranks of the unemployed.

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Answered on 2/27/09, 6:57 am


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