"Lying" on Your Availability

My question involves labor and employment law for the state of: California

Hey everyone. I work part-time at a fast food restaurant. I'm also a full time student, and I have another job one day a week.

When I was hired, I gave them my availability and everything seemed fine. My manager said she would work around it, and I've had no problems. (With this issue...)

Yesterday, one of my managers called me and told me that if I didn't bring my school schedule to them by 5PM, that I would be suspended from work. This went for everyone who went to school. (Apparently I didn't see the sign in the break room. Funny thing is, no one did. Everyone was bringing it in that day.)

Having a shift anyway, I brought a copy of my schedule. My manager started to bring people in the office, one by one, and write them up. The reason- for "lying" on their availability, since people were taking time off that wasn't for school. As for me though, I have another job, and I took nights off so I could work on school, which I honestly do. (This is my last semester of college, I want to do well.)

I was curious if this is legal. They have been known to not follow the law before, so I'm just covering my bases as I document everything.


Thank you for your help,
SoCalMan

Yes, it is legall. It is legal because there isn't any law that says they can't. There are few if any laws relating to either what an employer can write you up for, or scheduling, or working around school schedules.

Sounds like your employer got tired of trying to accommodate everyone's school schedules and at some point realized that some of your co-workers were lying to them about their class schedules. Looks like all the student-employees got caught up in the hoo-ha. Unfortunate but legal.

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Quoting Beth3

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Sounds like your employer got tired of trying to accommodate everyone's school schedules and at some point realized that some of your co-workers were lying to them about their class schedules. Looks like all the student-employees got caught up in the hoo-ha. Unfortunate but legal.

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This is exactly the case. The funny thing is, they need people for night. We just hired 5 new people, and not once did they say "We are hiring for night only". Now us day employees are losing hours. Poor planning all around.


Thanks for the information everyone. While it may still be legal, it is wrong, and I'll end up making the decision I feel is right for me. Thanks again.