Legal Question in Employment Law in Washington
Change of Work Hours
Employee A works from 7:30 to 4:30 as receptionist. Employee B works 8:30 to 5:30 covering as receptionist from 4:30 to 5:30. Employee B has taken a second job and needs to leave at 4:30. Can the firm change Employee A's hours to accommodate Employee B's second job? The second job has no relationship to the primary employment and provides no benefit to Employee A.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Change of Work Hours
I am assuming there is no union contract and no other employment contract.
Yes, the employer can change Employee A's hours for whatever reason. If Employee A is now working from 7:30-5:30 five days a week, Employee A now qualifies for overtime pay (I am assuming an hour off for lunch.) If an employee works more than forty hours per week, the employee is entitled to overtime pay EVEN if they are salaried, not hourly. The employee would not qualify for overtime if exempt, but a receptionist should not be an exempt employee.
I know you did not ask about the overtime question, but that is the small benefit that Employee A will get out of this apparently otherwise inconvenient change.
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