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Im sure many of people is going through the same situation i am going through. To sum it up, its just a whole lot of insecure feelings that i gotta deal withright now because of the economy and the job market.
I work for a private environmental laboratory as a chemist, and this past month, my employer tells my co-worker and I that the entire lab employees are gettinga pay cut of 60% (smh). So right now, I work two days a week instead of 5 but endures more stress at work than i ever had. I was employed in August 2008 andhave been working as a FULL TIME, HOURLY employee for the past year. What im thinking is that my employers are utilizing this tactic to make us quit so we cantfile claims for unemployment benefits.
Currently im just going to hang on to whatever BS they throw at me to work as many hours as possible, at least till I find the next job opportunity, but itsounds rediculous being a "full time hourly employee that work only 16 hours a week, not 40
" How am I even full time now? I still retain my benefits as a full timeemployee. But i fear thats because my medical benefits are being paid mainly by ourselves, despite the fact they tell us the company covers 80% of our healthinsurance bill (i think management rigged alot of numbers on paper to evade taxes, but thats a whole diff story)
My question is,
1. can my employers eventually say, "were gonna give you 0 hours" and still put it off as not firing or laying me off?
2. If i get laid off, where do I go to claim unemployemnt, and would my situation qualify, if laid off?
management have been real shady ever since I got with the company. where on numerous occasions they would tell us one thing but do another or never followthrough. I have been trying to co-opperate with my bosses and work with them as much as humanly possible, but I really need to know my options so that I dontget burned badly when *#$% eventually hit the fan, which i fear will happen soon.
thank you NT, Id appreciate any feedback youd have to offer.
jaechiney
I work for a private environmental laboratory as a chemist, and this past month, my employer tells my co-worker and I that the entire lab employees are gettinga pay cut of 60% (smh). So right now, I work two days a week instead of 5 but endures more stress at work than i ever had. I was employed in August 2008 andhave been working as a FULL TIME, HOURLY employee for the past year. What im thinking is that my employers are utilizing this tactic to make us quit so we cantfile claims for unemployment benefits.
Currently im just going to hang on to whatever BS they throw at me to work as many hours as possible, at least till I find the next job opportunity, but itsounds rediculous being a "full time hourly employee that work only 16 hours a week, not 40
My question is,
1. can my employers eventually say, "were gonna give you 0 hours" and still put it off as not firing or laying me off?
2. If i get laid off, where do I go to claim unemployemnt, and would my situation qualify, if laid off?
management have been real shady ever since I got with the company. where on numerous occasions they would tell us one thing but do another or never followthrough. I have been trying to co-opperate with my bosses and work with them as much as humanly possible, but I really need to know my options so that I dontget burned badly when *#$% eventually hit the fan, which i fear will happen soon.
thank you NT, Id appreciate any feedback youd have to offer.
jaechiney
