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.
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.
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.
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
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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.
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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
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.
