Who do I contact to report my employeer?

Question

She decided to use a new scheduling tool to make out the schedules for next month. Regardless to the fact that some of us have school and other jobs, we now have to be available anytime, which is totally unfair. When we took this issue to her she said "Do you want your job?" There has got to be some agency to assist in something like this. Who do we talk too?

Answer 1

She isn't doing anything illegal by changing schedules of at-will employees, unless she hired you with a promise of a particular schedule, preferably in writing. In other words, a contract. Many employers try to accommodate good workers because, well, good workers are hard to find, and it costs money to train new ones.

Apparently not this jerk.

She likes her "tool" better than employees.

You have to decide for yourself which has higher priority, this jerk, the other job(s), or school. The smart people with drift away, when they find other jobs.

Answer 2

you could try going higher in management if it warrants it and you think you are bullied, you have rights too, go to see their manager / management, rights at work, try their website, or just seek help in asking other co-workers

Answer 3

Sorry, your employer has no legal responsibility to work around your schedule.  But if she has any sense, she'll redo the schedule since she can't really afford to lose a lot of employees at the same time.  If you go to her in a group, she might realize just how many employees she's taking a chance on losing if she sticks to this new schedule.

But other than talking to her, or to her supervisor, there's not much you can do.  You have no basis for any legal complaint, just one based on common sense, so there is no "agency" you can complain to..

Something is odd here, since pretty much any scheduling tool has the ability to put in availability of each employee.  If she just didn't bother, that's legal, but dumb.

Answer 4

You contact your employer.  She's not doing anything illegal. And I'd guess that with the state of the economy right now she figures you can be replaced easily enough.  Unless you have an explicit contract that says otherwise, your employment is "at will" meaning that either you or your employer can terminate the relationship at any time, for any reason, without notice.

Your only appeal is with your employer.  Failing that, start looking for a new job.  Frankly, she sounds like a ****, not the kind of person I'd work for willingly.  I'd start looking for a new job and then quit without notice if I were dealing with a jerk like that.

Another consideration is that she needs to cut staff and either doesn't have the scrote to tell you to your faces or is trying to force you out without taking a hit on her unemployment tax rate.  Normally if you quit voluntarily you're not eligible for unemployment compensation.  However she is neglecting the fact that quitting due to a schedule change that significantly interferes with your life's needs IS a grounds for quitting for cause and retaining your eligibility for unemployment benefits.  She's either a jerk or a dumbass, and is not worth working for in either case.

Answer 5

I feel for you.  

As Boston said, you are competing with her ability to replace you with someone else if you quit.  And yes, the kind of schedule you describe does make people quit.  Not only is she oblivious to your other commitments, she's also ignoring the hassle of commuting and childcare issues.  I have co-workers who live more than an hour from the jobsite.  Any change in schedules is a nightmare.  

Plus, with random scheduling, your ability to trade a shift with someone is unlikely or you'll get called in with little or no notice.

If you are all part-time employees (no guaranteed number of hours and probably no benefits), you kind of need to have another job or school to survive.

Unfortunately, by the time she figures out that she's screwed y'all, the best employees will have already left.