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> she was scheduled to work until 11 p.m. on Friday; report again just hours later, at 4 a.m. on Saturday; I have family working for the german train company,
by Mithaldu 12y ago
> she was scheduled to work until 11 p.m. on Friday; report again just hours later, at 4 a.m. on Saturday;
I have family working for the german train company, which has highly fluctuating shifts too, but something like that would be straight-up illegal here.
- PeterisP 12y agoYep, the same here - I mean, it's ridiculous. The company has two reasonable choices - either have the time between shifts be at least 9 hours, so the people can eat,sleep and wash; or if they really want a single person to handle closing+opening, and that person is okay with that, then they're welcome to pay for the whole nightshift including the downtime. There shouldn't be a third option, and in most of the civilized world workers actually have the right to demand that.
- justizin 12y agoin the US, at least, there's nothing really holding you back from treating your low-income employees illegally. it's not like they can afford a lawyer, or even have time to find and/or meet with one. that's an example of where unions are important.
- jacalata 12y ago"it's easy to treat workers illegally in the US" is irrelevant here - because this actually isn't illegal in the US to start with. There is no federal or state minimum time between shifts, although there are minimums within specific industries, like pilots.