What should I do?

[justus]

What is the name of your state? OR

I recently (almost two months ago) started working for our local hospital. I told my boss before I was hired that I needed a certain day off, so she knew. I went from an unscheduled position to a scheduled position. She never once said that I needed to fill out any extra paperwork. I emailed her at least once about 3 weeks before the date and the only thing I heard back from her was to confirm the date. A week before I needed the day off she told my co-worker to tell me that I needed to find someone to cover my shift. Well I can't find anyone to cover the whole shift so she told my co-worker to tell me that my co-worker could cover part of my shift but not all of it. She gave my co-worker my home phone number without my permission.

I emailed my boss last week about 2 shifts that I won't be able to work due to my daughter having surgery. She never responded. She told my co-worker that if I wanted it off I had to fill out a time off request. Again, she has said NOTHING to me about it!! I'm afraid she's going to deny my time off for my daughter's surgery. I don't qualify under FMLA (according to the gov't website) because I haven't been employed for at least 1 year.

Could she fire me if I call in sick for those two shifts after my daughter's surgery? Also, is it legal for her to give my co-worker my phone number without my permission? I used to do staffing and there's NO WAY we would ever give out anyone's personal information wtihout a written consent. I do have a call into HR about this issue because I'm ready to quit and I've heard I'm not the only one.

 

[cbg]

Since you do not qualify for FMLA, they are not required to provide you with any time off, and any time you do take is not protected. If I were you, I'd fill out that time off request - there is NOTHING wrong with asking you for it.

Unless your phone number is unlisted and unpublished, it is public information that anyone with access to google, or even a phone book, can access. Whether or not I agree with giving out your home phone is irrelevant - it does not violate any laws.

 

[justus]

Unless your phone number is unlisted and unpublished, it is public information that anyone with access to google, or even a phone book, can access. Whether or not I agree with giving out your home phone is irrelevant - it does not violate any laws.

My phone number is unlisted. And I don't want anyone having my cell phone number but she has it in case she needs to get a hold of me to come into work for someone else being out. Any way, I guess I figured that there were some sort of privacy laws that protected employees. Shoot it would seem the patients that I see have more rights to have their privacy protected than I do. That's stupid.

Thanks for your response!! I am going to talk to HR about it as well. I guess I'm not the only one having major problems with this supervisor (which I didn' tknow before today).