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Can an employer force an employee to quit by lowering hours?
My friend has been working full-time at a job for I think around a year now (yes, actually my friend, he just hasn't ever used yahoo answers before so I'm asking for him), and his employer recently stopped giving him hours and he claims he has no idea why. At the moment, his employer has him scheduled to not work at all for the next two weeks. It's at the point where my friend needs to find a new job so that he can pay bills.
I'm wondering, is an employer legally allowed to do something like this? They are basically forcing him to quit his job. I wouldn't know why, but I wouldn't be surprised if it is because they're trying to get out of giving him any kind of severance package or something like that. Seems sketchy. Let me know what you all think. Thanks!
7 Answers
- 5 years agoFavorite Answer
The employer can do that, but depending on the state your friend may be entitled to unemployment or underemployment wages. If he's eligible for those wages, your employer would be legally bound to pay the state a portion of those wages because they are no longer offering him the hours that he has been used to. Check with your local unemployment office for details.
- LecheLv 45 years ago
That's what happened to me at this pizza job I was working through college. I hadn't been there relatively long and I wasn't one of the more productive employees so instead of letting me go the manager did the cowardly thing and lowered my hours considerably to the point where I had to just move on. This is exactly his employer's way of forcing him to quit without any kind of consequences.
- RosalieLv 75 years ago
They are trying to get him to quit without actually firing him, because if they fire him without him doing something specific, he will be eligible for unemployment - which also costs them money. There is nothing he can do. They want him out. So he can either go find another job, or try to collect unemployment and let them deal with the Unemployment Office.
- Anonymous5 years ago
Yes, unless your friend has a contract that states otherwise, or belongs to a union. That was the point of unions- to keep companies from doing stuff like this to employees.
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- ?Lv 75 years ago
don t think so. im sure there are laws in place to stop actions like this of firing someone for stupid reasons. especially if not full time. they must meet a certain number of hours to qualify for full time to begin with which i believe is 40 hours a week if they meet that number regardless then yes they can lower your hours but if not they cannot. i would tell him to talk to HR.
- ?Lv 75 years ago
Please understand that people do not understand a republican act when one happens to them, like at the bank, airline, utility companies, insurance and the like their thoughts are about being better than another and playing with others lives. Just for the fun of it.
