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We had a dispute between employees of a coffee shop and the owners spill over onto our neighborhood mailing list. The owners wanted all employees to be availab
by jdeibele 6y ago
We had a dispute between employees of a coffee shop and the owners spill over onto our neighborhood mailing list.
The owners wanted all employees to be available to work 8-10 hours/week. Employees were understandably not thrilled about a few hours of work (even at $13.25, Portland minimum wage as of 7/1/20) knocking out the $600/week federal plus whatever state unemployment they were getting.
Employee who posted said that the owners would report anyone who wouldn't work as having quit. Much discussion followed.
- ideals 6y agoCherry Street Coffee in Seattle (local chain) did the same but a bit more brash. They sent out texts to all employees after having no contact with them saying you must come back to work now or we will report it as refusal and also never allow those people to be eligible for employment again. No concern for people who may have already found new employment since the company abruptly laid them all off, you don't come back and you can never come back. Forced loyalists is a weird strat
- jellicle 6y agoFor what it's worth, the employer is in the wrong; the employee need not go back to a materially worse job (as a demotion from 40 hours to 8-10 hours would be) and can continue receiving unemployment and looking for a comparable job.
- coryrc 6y agoThey can also work less than they used to and still collect unemployment.