> I'm not familiar with US employment laws, but the amount of hours is not in your contract? Hah, good one, but not if you're marginalized. The majority of the

> I'm not familiar with US employment laws, but the amount of hours is not in your contract? Hah, good one, but not if you're marginalized. The majority of the states in the US are "right-to-work," which means you can be fired at any time for almost any reason. For the other states, there are varying levels of protection. I can't really speak to what is stipulated in their contracts, but I can tell you the following: if you're working two+ jobs, commuting 2hrs + because you can't afford to live in the city, and have to cook and clean your apartment on top of that, you don't have time to inform the Department of Labor (that's likely not even the right place to call--better spend some more time finding out what is) that you're being exploited. > Zero-hour contracts are explicitly illegal, even for the self-employed. By referring to getting scheduled at all, I was indicating you would likely just be outright fired the next time you dropped a glass, were 1 minute late, or any other minor, human-prone error happened.