If a company hires me promising 40 hours a week and consistently schedules me less than 32 hours, is that”a significant change in employment terms”?
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If a company hires me promising 40 hours a week and consistently schedules me less than 32 hours, is that”a significant change in employment terms”?
I was on unemployment and finally found a position as an assistant manager for a clothing store. The District Manager said I would receive 40 hours a week but when I began work my schedule was typically under 30 hours a week. I quit the job and now unemployment needs to determine if the employer participated in my leaving by not giving me full time work as promised. The requirement I need to meet is if there was “a significant change in employment terms”.
Asked on December 21, 2011 under Employment Labor Law, Missouri
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Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
To me the change in the promised hours versus the actual hours received (40 versus 32) is a twenty percent reduction in hours that you anticipated working. Whether or not the twenty percent reduction in hours is deemed a significant change in employment terms is really up to Unemployment Office to determine.
I would simply advise the Unemployment Office that you were promised the 40 hours per week and you were consistently scheduled for less than 32 hours per week, a 20% minimum reduction in the promised work where you needed the promised 40 hours per week to make ends meet and see what happens with the decision for unemployment benefits.
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