What are my rights if I’m on probation due to a faulty scheduling app?
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What are my rights if I’m on probation due to a faulty scheduling app?
I currently work for a large outdoor gear retailer and they have recently launched a new app that we as employees can check for our schedule and request for days off. I have had an issue with the app twice now where I am not showing myself having a shift and then having a manager calling asking why I’m not at work. I am being reprimanded for this fault and don’t see that it is all based and my mistake. There is a paper schedule but I was under the impression that we should be using the app as our main info seeing as it has happened once before
that I was on the schedule with the app but not on paper. Any help would be greatly appreciated seeing as they want me to sign paperwork and be on probation.
Asked on April 6, 2016 under Employment Labor Law, Washington
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 8 years ago | Contributor
Does this action breach any term of company policy or any applicable union agreement or employment contract? Does your treatment constitute some form of legally actionable discrimination? If not, then you are an "at will" employee. This means that your employer can set the conditions of the workplace much as it sees fit. This includes putting you on probation for missing scheduled shifts; they can do it due to a faulty app, for any reason or for no reason at all. In fact if they wanted to terminate your employment they could, with or without notice. Further, if you are being singled out, then it would appear that the other employees are not having the same problem. Since there is also a paper schedule, so why don't you use use it?
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