Mandating Hours

[Chrln_little]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? MD

I am posting this question for my mother, she does not know how to work a computer and she would probably take three hours to post this question. My mom works in the state prison as a nurse. However, she is not a state employee because the health care portion of the prison is contracted out to a private company.

There was a really bad snow storm last week and she was "mandated" to stay over and work for two hours. Today, they called her and said that she was not allowed overtime and told her that she had to come in four hours later than her scheduled time tomorrow, which cuts back her time and she will only get paid for 38 regular hours this pay period. They have been doing this to a lot of employees, and have actually cut full time people down to under their regularly scheduled number of hours and then they complain about it. There are about a thousand other things going on that are absolutely irritating the employees, but my mom is a few years shy of retirement so she doesn't want find another job, just wants to take care of her patients, work her hours, and feel confident in her employer.

Are they allowed to mandate you and then cut your hours at their convenience?

 

[Chrln_little]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? MD

I am posting this question for my mother, she does not know how to work a computer and she would probably take three hours to post this question. My mom works in the state prison as a nurse. However, she is not a state employee because the health care portion of the prison is contracted out to a private company.

There was a really bad snow storm last week and she was "mandated" to stay over and work for two hours. Today, they called her and said that she was not allowed overtime and told her that she had to come in four hours later than her scheduled time tomorrow, which cuts back her time and she will only get paid for 38 regular hours this pay period. They have been doing this to a lot of employees, and have actually cut full time people down to under their regularly scheduled number of hours and then they complain about it. There are about a thousand other things going on that are absolutely irritating the employees, but my mom is a few years shy of retirement so she doesn't want find another job, just wants to take care of her patients, work her hours, and feel confident in her employer.

Are they allowed to mandate you and then cut your hours at their convenience?

And then I realize that I posted this in the wrong form. How do I move it?

 

[tranquility]

Absent a contract that would prevent it, yes. The employer can set working hours.

 

[cbg]

It is absolutely legal in every state for an employer to adjust an employee's hours so that they do not work more than 40 hours - or more hours than the employer has work for them. While the law requires that an employee be paid overtime WHEN WORKED, there is absolutely no law guaranteeing that an employee be allowed to work overtime. And in the very large majority of states, including yours, overtime is determined by how many hours are worked in a week, not how many hours are worked in a day.

 

[swalsh411]

This is happening all over the country with most every employer connected to the government in some way and will continue to happen for the forseeable future.

 

[tranquility]

Not just in government for furlough reasons, but in all industry for Obamacare reasons. The regulations regarding if a person is full or part time are growing and becoming more complex all the time.

 

[cbg]

This article has a good explanation of how full and part time will be established for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/obamacare-mandate-anyone-who-works-30-hour-week-now-full-time

 

[tranquility]

The proposed regulations will have hearings on April 23, 2013 at which time all the "comments" are to be addressed. Circumvention of the regulations to prevent coverage are addressed by the comments and the proposed regulations will be added to to address that and other issues. We are still a bit away from knowing what the regulations will entail.