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Nat
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I work in a restaurant in Austin, TX.
I wasn't sure what forum this subject would apply to.
I have been working for this company for almost 4 years. For 3 and 1/2 years I have been receiving benefits (health, dental, vision, 401K) for working full time.
Last year, they started posting notices saying you must work an average of 25 hours per week to retain you full time status and benefits. This has never been a problem for me. Sometimes I am not able to work full time because I work in the theater world and when I am working on a production it prevents me from working at the restaurant. This has never been an issue and I've always retained full time status.
Well, today I tried setting up an appointment with my eye doctor and found out that I no longer have benefits. My business manager says that I was put on part time status because of the amount of hours I have been working. In my defense, I was sick for part of January so I missed some days. Also, I am available full time hours but my department head has not been scheduling me appropriately. It has been slow as well, so I have not always been able to work a full shift as I am getting "cut". At a full store meeting back in november, they said that cuts during slow times would be considered as far as full time benefits is concerned, so I wasn't worried.
Shouldn't I have been notified that they were taking my benefits away? I don't think it's right for me to find out by trying to make an appointment. What if I had had to go to the emergency room today? I would have felt assured I had insurance (which I don't!)
The only "notification" they have up is occasionally they hang a poster saying you have to work 25hours/week to receive benefits.
Shouldn't they have at least said "Hey Nat, you haven't been working 25 hours/week so we are cutting your benefits!"?
I wasn't sure what forum this subject would apply to.
I have been working for this company for almost 4 years. For 3 and 1/2 years I have been receiving benefits (health, dental, vision, 401K) for working full time.
Last year, they started posting notices saying you must work an average of 25 hours per week to retain you full time status and benefits. This has never been a problem for me. Sometimes I am not able to work full time because I work in the theater world and when I am working on a production it prevents me from working at the restaurant. This has never been an issue and I've always retained full time status.
Well, today I tried setting up an appointment with my eye doctor and found out that I no longer have benefits. My business manager says that I was put on part time status because of the amount of hours I have been working. In my defense, I was sick for part of January so I missed some days. Also, I am available full time hours but my department head has not been scheduling me appropriately. It has been slow as well, so I have not always been able to work a full shift as I am getting "cut". At a full store meeting back in november, they said that cuts during slow times would be considered as far as full time benefits is concerned, so I wasn't worried.
Shouldn't I have been notified that they were taking my benefits away? I don't think it's right for me to find out by trying to make an appointment. What if I had had to go to the emergency room today? I would have felt assured I had insurance (which I don't!)
The only "notification" they have up is occasionally they hang a poster saying you have to work 25hours/week to receive benefits.
Shouldn't they have at least said "Hey Nat, you haven't been working 25 hours/week so we are cutting your benefits!"?