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moregon
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State of Oregon... an At-Will Employment State
I've been employed for 3 years by this employer, and although my position has changed over the years, my full-time assigned hours have always been 60 hours per week. This last Wednesday my boss called me into his office, to inform me that his business is losing money, and some drastic cuts need to be made. The cut he made at that time, was to reduce me from 5 days and 60 hours a week, to 5 days and 45 hours a week. The reduction of 15 hours of overtime per week, will be reflected as a 34% decrease in income. On Friday he held a meeting with all the employees. The impression I, as well as all the employees who knew about my hours cut, was that he was going to announce more cuts to help defray his losses. It turns out he has taken on a new business partner, who for now has been assigned a low-paying position below mine. There were no other cuts made, or decreases in anyone else's pay.
In reality, during those 3 hours per shift I'm not there, he still needs to have someone fill that position, as it is necessary for the operation of the company. So during that 3 hours, he brings an employee to take spot, which gives him a realistic savings of $10.58 for the 3 hour period. Personally I don't see how this is going to defray his claimed multi-thousands of dollars loss over last year. Not only that, but now that the other position is running short-handed, he didn't even gain the $10.58 but suffered a loss of $30.00 that I'm aware of in the first 15 minutes.
The only thing I can think of, is that he is trying to get me to quit, so he can put his new business partner into my position. My boss knows that at the new rate of income, after I pay my bills, I won't have enough to live on... it comes to less than $2.00 per day to buy food, personal needs, and money to save for emergencies. If anyone here can live on less than $2.00 per day, please let me know HOW!
I have no choice but to quit, however, I would like to know if anyone has run into this before, and if so, was there any legal action you were able to take. Oregon has lead the country in rate of unemployment for years, so finding another job right away may not be easy. I'm hoping that Oregon sides with me, and finds that a reduction of more than 34% of my income, as well as now being in a hostile work environment since I am the only one targeted with losses, is a just reason to quit so that I can collect unemployment based on my old income.
Thanks for any input...
I've been employed for 3 years by this employer, and although my position has changed over the years, my full-time assigned hours have always been 60 hours per week. This last Wednesday my boss called me into his office, to inform me that his business is losing money, and some drastic cuts need to be made. The cut he made at that time, was to reduce me from 5 days and 60 hours a week, to 5 days and 45 hours a week. The reduction of 15 hours of overtime per week, will be reflected as a 34% decrease in income. On Friday he held a meeting with all the employees. The impression I, as well as all the employees who knew about my hours cut, was that he was going to announce more cuts to help defray his losses. It turns out he has taken on a new business partner, who for now has been assigned a low-paying position below mine. There were no other cuts made, or decreases in anyone else's pay.
In reality, during those 3 hours per shift I'm not there, he still needs to have someone fill that position, as it is necessary for the operation of the company. So during that 3 hours, he brings an employee to take spot, which gives him a realistic savings of $10.58 for the 3 hour period. Personally I don't see how this is going to defray his claimed multi-thousands of dollars loss over last year. Not only that, but now that the other position is running short-handed, he didn't even gain the $10.58 but suffered a loss of $30.00 that I'm aware of in the first 15 minutes.
The only thing I can think of, is that he is trying to get me to quit, so he can put his new business partner into my position. My boss knows that at the new rate of income, after I pay my bills, I won't have enough to live on... it comes to less than $2.00 per day to buy food, personal needs, and money to save for emergencies. If anyone here can live on less than $2.00 per day, please let me know HOW!
I have no choice but to quit, however, I would like to know if anyone has run into this before, and if so, was there any legal action you were able to take. Oregon has lead the country in rate of unemployment for years, so finding another job right away may not be easy. I'm hoping that Oregon sides with me, and finds that a reduction of more than 34% of my income, as well as now being in a hostile work environment since I am the only one targeted with losses, is a just reason to quit so that I can collect unemployment based on my old income.
Thanks for any input...