Chamillion
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What is the name of your state? TX
I received a letter from my employer that goes like this:
February 11, 2008
To: Full-Time Associates Not Working Full-Time
Effective January 1, 2008, full-time associates must work an average of 30 hours or more per week over a 12 week look-back period in order to maintain their full-time status. Because you have not met this requirement, your status is being changed to part time effective February 8, 2008.
Information about your benefits and how they are affected by your change to part time status has been provided on the back of this letter.
Should you have any questions concerning this action, please contact Your Answer Line at - - - - - - -
Human Resources
This was my second job that I have been working to help pay my legal fees etc...for this custody battle I'm involved in. I was averaging at least 40 hours per week, but usually more when they had work here in Houston. I have been travelling, which is required of full time associates on my off days at my former primary employer, and I was still making 30 hours at LEAST, but usually 35 or more per week. The problem started when I would call my supervisor asking him where I was working this week and couldn't get in touch with him for a couple weeks at a time. Therefore, I wouldn't work that week and was just kind of left out there wondering.
My initial problem with this letter is that they state in the first sentence, this policy was effective January 1st of this year. I received no notice, warning, nor read a change in the handbook online that we have regarding this policy change. Had I been notified that this was going to happen I'd have taken whatever steps I knew were available to me to maintain my status.
Secondly, I decided to do leave my other job and pursue a career in this field of work, which included me transfering my benefits over to this company as well. Now, I'm losing the benefits I've had all of one week, and then I am also going to have a reduction in pay.
Thirdly, I called the HR department about the letter this morning. I explained to her that I had not received anything regarding this change in policy, and my supervisor never said anything to me about it.
She stated to me that it was a managment decision, and that they had 278 people receive the letters regarding this action. She told me that they didn't have any work, and instead of terminating everyone, they just moved them down to part time. What that means is basically, until you have work in your local vicinity...you don't work. You're stagnant until you get a call from field support telling you there is work and you can have it if you want it. I know part timers that have not worked since September of last year because they lost all their contracts in Houston.
In addition to this, just the fact that they sent out this letter almost 1.5 months after the policy changed, and didn't inform anyone about this change and our primary form of contact is email...I feel they've wronged a lot of people. Is there ANYHING that can be done about this type of incident. I checked the handbook, and it has not changed, and I also checked my email to make sure I had not received anything regarding this change, and I had not ever gottena word about this. HELP!!
I received a letter from my employer that goes like this:
February 11, 2008
To: Full-Time Associates Not Working Full-Time
Effective January 1, 2008, full-time associates must work an average of 30 hours or more per week over a 12 week look-back period in order to maintain their full-time status. Because you have not met this requirement, your status is being changed to part time effective February 8, 2008.
Information about your benefits and how they are affected by your change to part time status has been provided on the back of this letter.
Should you have any questions concerning this action, please contact Your Answer Line at - - - - - - -
Human Resources
This was my second job that I have been working to help pay my legal fees etc...for this custody battle I'm involved in. I was averaging at least 40 hours per week, but usually more when they had work here in Houston. I have been travelling, which is required of full time associates on my off days at my former primary employer, and I was still making 30 hours at LEAST, but usually 35 or more per week. The problem started when I would call my supervisor asking him where I was working this week and couldn't get in touch with him for a couple weeks at a time. Therefore, I wouldn't work that week and was just kind of left out there wondering.
My initial problem with this letter is that they state in the first sentence, this policy was effective January 1st of this year. I received no notice, warning, nor read a change in the handbook online that we have regarding this policy change. Had I been notified that this was going to happen I'd have taken whatever steps I knew were available to me to maintain my status.
Secondly, I decided to do leave my other job and pursue a career in this field of work, which included me transfering my benefits over to this company as well. Now, I'm losing the benefits I've had all of one week, and then I am also going to have a reduction in pay.
Thirdly, I called the HR department about the letter this morning. I explained to her that I had not received anything regarding this change in policy, and my supervisor never said anything to me about it.
She stated to me that it was a managment decision, and that they had 278 people receive the letters regarding this action. She told me that they didn't have any work, and instead of terminating everyone, they just moved them down to part time. What that means is basically, until you have work in your local vicinity...you don't work. You're stagnant until you get a call from field support telling you there is work and you can have it if you want it. I know part timers that have not worked since September of last year because they lost all their contracts in Houston.
In addition to this, just the fact that they sent out this letter almost 1.5 months after the policy changed, and didn't inform anyone about this change and our primary form of contact is email...I feel they've wronged a lot of people. Is there ANYHING that can be done about this type of incident. I checked the handbook, and it has not changed, and I also checked my email to make sure I had not received anything regarding this change, and I had not ever gottena word about this. HELP!!
