So this has come up a few times regarding someone close to me. They are paid hourly and hired On a 40hr/week schedule.
They get 8 hours personal time quarterly. (Which is horrible I think- I'm used to 40 hours up front each year)
so they get sick or use it for whatever reason , they have no more personal time for a while. If they do call off again without personal time , the employer starts demanding when are they going to make up the hours or face being written up.
Can they do that? I would not feel like discussing how I am going to make up 8 hours while I'm home sick or let alone being sick and now having to work 12 hour days to make up time.
Just wondering if he/she has any rights here and should stand up for themselves
At my job, you call off it's frowned upon and your "punishment" is just having a smaller paycheck. Frequent calling off could lead to a discussion about termination but that would have to be chronic abuse of not showing up to work.
