forced to work 7 days a week

[grandpa don]

What is the name of your state? Arizona
my granddaughter is salaried, and works for a retail clothing store in Glendale, Arizona. she has worked for this company for a year as a floor manager. she was transferred to this store three months ago. at her prior locations she received 2 days off a week. her new manager has picked her out to work 7 days a week...no other employee has been told to work 7 days.
is this legal?

 

[seniorjudge]

Q: is this legal?

A: Yes.

 

[gawm]

Maybe she is just making up excuses on why she has not visited grandpa.

 

[eerelations]

OP, while it is perfectly legal to schedule your granddaughter to work seven days per week, if her job is non-exempt, her employer is required to pay her for all the hours she works. What is your granddaughter's job title?

 

[grandpa don]

my granddaughter is a floor manager, on a monthly salary, in glendale, arizona..
i told her that by them changing her hours, she is now making less money per hour. she was working only 50 hours a week (10 hours X 5 days), or receiving $13.46 an hour, based on a yearly pay of $35,000. Now, working 70 hours a week, she is receiving $9.62 an hour.
i thot that a company could only work a woman a certain number of hours a week, or any time over 8 hours would entitle her to overtime pay.
i told her to look for a job that will give her at least one day off a week.
she is getting 'burned out'!

 

[cbg]

You are wrong.

No Federal laws and no laws in Arizona exist that prohibit an employer from "working" a woman (or a man) more than x hours a week. With very limited, industry specific exceptions, a woman (or a man) could be required to work 24/7/365. It would be foolish in the extreme, but it would be legal.

Additionally, neither Federal nor Arizona law requires overtime over 8 hours in a day, EVEN IF she were non-exempt. If she is exempt, and as a manager she very well could be, she is not entitled to overtime by law AT ALL.

Only three states require overtime over 8 hours in a day; California, Nevada and Alaska. (Colorado requires overtime over 12 hours in a day.) In ALL other states, Arizona included, overtime is required for non-exempt employees for over 40 hours in a week. Exempt employees never have a legal expectation of overtime regardless of how many hours she worked.

While I am not defending the employer, your understanding of wage and hour law is very poor.

 

[OneFineDay]

your understanding of wage and hour law is very poor.

Just a guess but, maybe that's why he came here, to seek advice from those with a better understanding of wage and hour law, such as yourself. Whatcha think?

 

[cbg]

I think that if that is the case, he should have done so BEFORE giving his granddaughter incorrect information.

 

[OneFineDay]

Where in his post did he give her incorrect information?

i told her that by them changing her hours, she is now making less money per hour.
i told her to look for a job that will give her at least one day off a week.

 

[cbg]

I already spelled that out.

 

[mlane58]

Where in his post did he give her incorrect information?

How about this:

i thot that a company could only work a woman a certain number of hours a week, or any time over 8 hours would entitle her to overtime pay.

This implies that the OP gave this information to her grandduaghter.

 

[grandpa don]

work 7 days a week

Thanks to everyone that replied to my request for information. I know the law better now.
The information I passed onto my granddaughter is between the two of us. That's what grndpa's are for...to protect granddaughters! I want her to work for a company that are fair, and she can receive a fair wage. Working more hours just reduces her hourly pay.