Is my supervisor allowed to reduce my hours?
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Is my supervisor allowed to reduce my hours?
I started working for a security company 4 months ago. I was promised I would get 24 hours a week. Recently, I have been dealing with health issues and have informed my job since it was affecting my attendance. I’ve been attending all of the shifts but noticed my supervisor started reducing my
hours to 16. He gave the other eight to a new employee and was not informing me about this. Is this legal?
Asked on April 20, 2019 under Employment Labor Law, Missouri
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 5 years ago | Contributor
Unless you have an actual written contract for a defined or set period of time (e.g. a one-year contract) locking in or gurantying your hours for the duration of the contract, your supervisor may change or reduce your hours. In the absence a contract, employment is "employment at will"; that means, among other things, that the employer, not employee, sets the employee's hours and can change them at will, regardless of what was promised earlier.
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