Members Login
Username 
 
Password 
    Remember Me  
Post Info TOPIC: What are all the ways a full time Kroger employee can be knocked to part time?
Anonymous

Date:
What are all the ways a full time Kroger employee can be knocked to part time?
Permalink   


I am a full time Kroger employee, and our store has been making "changes" in schedule and they hired a person to replace me in my department who used to work for the store, but quit. They are giving him my position and there has been talk that management is going to knock me to part time. I need the money because I am having a child in a few weeks, and my manager said "We will use backhanded methods if necessary." I need to know my rights as a full time employee, and trying to find someone who knows all of the rights of a full time employee is difficult.



__________________
Anonymous

Date:
Permalink   

Contact your union representative right now.  What they're trying to do is illegal.



__________________


Guru

Status: Offline
Posts: 540
Date:
Permalink   

One way I know is if a store closes and a full time person has their position taken by a more senior full timer.  Basically it's getting bumped back to part time.



__________________
Anonymous

Date:
Permalink   

How long has this other person been gone?  Under my contract if you quit and don't return within 6 months you lose your seniority.



__________________
Anonymous

Date:
Permalink   

Yes he has been gone for over 9 months



__________________


Senior Member

Status: Offline
Posts: 105
Date:
Permalink   

Stop asking questions about this issue here, and contact your union RIGHT AWAY. This isn't something to just twiddle your thumbs over. It isn't anything you can do. What they are doing is WRONG and your Union needs to be made aware of it NOW, so that if something does come of it, they have had documentation to help your case.

__________________


Senior Member

Status: Offline
Posts: 193
Date:
Permalink   

contact the union, tell them this is clearly unfair of a practice.

__________________

tapatio doritos are the best.

Anonymous

Date:
Permalink   

dont know what union your are in im in ufcw951 my contract says that full time will be 8 hours daily and 40 hours weekly if you get scheduled less than that tell management you want your 40 hours we have until saturday at noon to complain about schedule if after that time everything is assumed ok.

Article 9

 

Work Schedules

 

A. In constructing the weekly work schedules, the Employer will first determine the

 

needs of the department based upon the needs of the business. Once that

 

determination is made the following procedures will be utilized.

 

B. The Employer will construct weekly work schedules by department, classification,

 

and the ability to perform the work for full-time, such that the basic weekly full-time

 

8

 

schedule shall be eight (8) hours daily and forty (40) hours weekly, scheduled in

 

five (5) days, not necessarily consecutive, Sunday through Saturday inclusive.

 

When scheduling part-time employees, hours will be distributed by assigned

 

department and the ability to perform the work such that the hours of senior parttime

 

employees weekly scheduled hours shall be in line of seniority. The workweek

 

will also be Sunday through Saturday inclusive.

 

Part-time employees shall be scheduled for no less than twelve (12) hours per

 

week in accordance with their department, seniority and classification, and ability

 

to perform the work. A part-time employee may waive the right to minimum hours,

 

in writing subject to Employers approval.

 

Full-time and part-time seniority will be recognized when constructing weekly work

 

schedules.

 

C. Within the efficient operation of the business and with the recognition that weekend

 

schedules and second shift schedules (after 9:00 p.m.) will be rotated among

 

employees in each department and classification, the Employer will recognize the

 

seniority of employees within each department and classification, in cases of

 

conflict, for preferred shifts and preferred days off.

 

D. The Employer reserves the right to schedule full-time employees four (4) ten (10)

 

hour days or part-time employees ten (10) hour days, these schedules will be

 

offered to employees in line of seniority by department and classification. There

 

shall be no time and one-half pay for hours worked between eight (8) hours and ten

 

(10) hours each day when scheduled in advance. These ten (10) hour days must

 

be scheduled in advance and this language shall not apply to any hours that result

 

from an employee being held over past their scheduled time.

 

E. All employees who are instructed to report for work shall be guaranteed at least

 

four (4) hours pay (three (3) hours if voluntary).

 

F. An employees scheduling limitation may affect the Companys ability to maximize

 

the employees schedule.

 

G. Any employee shall perform whatever work the Employer may assign, with the

 

understanding that when an employee is assigned to a job paying a lesser rate, the

 

employee will be entitled to their regular rate of pay unless the employee has been

 

permanently transferred to a lower rated job. Any employee assigned to a higher

 

rated job will be entitled to the next higher rate in that classification.

 

Any employee who replaces a Department Head for a period of one (1) week or

 

more will be entitled to that Department Head's current rate of pay, or the next

 

higher rate, whichever is greater.

 

9

 

Additional Hours:

 

A. When the need arises to have employees work hours not on the posted schedule,

 

such hours will be offered on the basis of seniority within assigned department, first

 

to full-time employees who have been scheduled less than forty (40) hours and are

 

available to work and then to part-time employees who are scheduled less than

 

twenty-eight (28) hours and are available to work.

 

If the additional hours are less than the call-in guarantee, they will be offered to

 

employees at work who are available. If hours are equal or greater than the call-in

 

guarantee, they will be offered to off duty employees. The Employer retains the

 

right to offer part-time employees on a voluntary basis, hours during the weekend

 

that are not subject to the provisions of 9.E.

 

B. The Employer will post work schedules by 12:00 p.m. Friday prior to the workweek

 

scheduled. The work schedule will be constructed by department and job

 

classification.

 

If the schedule of employees is not in conformance to employee department,

 

seniority, job classification, and ability to perform the work within the store in which

 

they work, employees shall have until 12:00 p.m. Saturday to bring to the Store

 

Managers attention the error in scheduling, and such schedule shall be adjusted

 

prior to the start of the workweek. In the event an employee fails to report the

 

scheduling error as outlined above, the schedule will be deemed acceptable and

 

not subject to the grievance procedure.

 



__________________
Anonymous

Date:
Permalink   

Step 1: Check your "seniority date". Did they hire someone AFTER you have been hired?

Step 2: Get a copy of the union contract (your store union steward should have one).

Step 3: If they cut hours, they should start with part-timers.

step 4: For "impossible tasks"  complains contact labor department.



__________________
Anonymous

Date:
Permalink   

Keep your cellphone with you and set it to record all day long.  Don't let anyone know you're doing this.   If the memory fills up and nothing of any significance has been said then delete everything and continue recording.  If you get anything significant, save it and send a copy of it elsewhere.  Then, contact your union representative.



__________________
Page 1 of 1  sorted by
 
Quick Reply

Please log in to post quick replies.

Tweet this page Post to Digg Post to Del.icio.us


Create your own FREE Forum
Report Abuse
Powered by ActiveBoard