Question about my job and my personal life

[ARJ]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? NY

Hi

I wanted to know just how much information the job can require me to show them in regards to my personal life.

I work the overnight shift at a hotel and go to school fulltime during the day, med school. Sometimes the job schedules rrefresher training sessions or a breakfast with the managers just to chat and see how you feel things are going at work. They don't give you a choice of days they just put you on the schedule for a day to come in for the training, its usually two weeks in advance though. Not that they would change the day anyway.

Since I attend classes I don't go to the breakfast meetings and only attend the training refresher courses when I can or aren't too tired. (if I can skip it and manage to get five hrs of sleep instead of none thats what I choose) If there is a conflict with a class I skip it, professors are brutal with missing classes or coming in late and I have labs that I can't ditch. I have no problem with showing them my school ID to prove I am a student but do I have to go as far as showing them my schedule?

Sometimes I have a class other times I don't but those hours I would spend still at work would mean no sleep at all that day before I have to go to class and then back to work for my night shift. So I skip it. They haven't said anything about it, but I think they sent the restaurant manager to try and get intel. I don't know her and she doesn't know me but said she heard I was in school and began to ask me how many days a week I go and when I was going to be finished etc. Just seemed very fishy since I had to reschedule a meeting that I asked for with HR due to a family emergency a few weeks ago and now classes have started so I had to cancel all together. So I think they may ask me for this.

I don't think what I do after I clock out is their business but since I don't attend the breakfast how do you do's and trainings I am willing to prove I am a student. Do they have a right to request to see my schedule. Not that I have anything to hide but its my private life.

Thanks

Oh and the refesher training isn't vital new info to be able to do the job its more like lets role play on how to be cheerful and exceed guest expectations.

 

[ShyCat]

Yes, they are allowed to ask for your class schedule. You are allowed to refuse. And then they are allowed to fire you. See how it works?

It is also legal for your employer to fire you if you don't attend required meetings. They are not legally required to accommodate your school schedule or your sleep schedule. That they have done so in the past does not mean they are required to do so in the present or future.

 

[pattytx]

You have to show them your schedule if you expect them to excuse you from the meetings or training sessions. And even then, the employer is not required to work around your schedule. Med school is brutal, agreed. But, legally, the company could fire you for your refusal or inability to attend required meetings. Especially if you take it upon yourself to just not show up or to advise your supervisor that you just aren't going to attend. The refresher courses, role-playing, etc. are important to the employer; you don't get to pick and choose what sessions you will attend based on your evaluation of their importance.

Also, you have little "expectation of privacy" in the workplace.

 

[cbg]

I believe I answered this on another forum; if not, someone else has the exact same situation (though in slightly less detail).

The answer, however, remains the same. Yes, the employer has a right to ask to see your school schedule. He is not required to excuse you from mandatory meetings or schedule you at your convenience just on your say-so.

Legally, he is not required to excuse you from mandatory meetings or schedule you at your convenience AT ALL. But if you expect special consideration in scheduling, it's only fair that you provide evidence to support your requests.

 

[ARJ]

Thank you for the information.