Getting a write up for not being availed off schedule?

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My schedule when I was hired said I was unavailable wensdays and Sunday's my boss agreed to this because I take clean my blind grandmother's home on these days and I schedule appointments. I was scheduled for a Sunday when I asked about it I was told I needed to find a replacement. When I couldn't find one I was told I would get a write up for not being able to work even though it my schedule says I'm unavailable to. Is this wrong for my boss to do?

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  • GothicDeath
    6 years ago

    I had previously sat and talked with my boss telling the reason I was unavailable these days. I had a positive attitude and tried very nicely to fix the situation and was still told I was going to receive a write up for it even if My schedule says I'm unavailable because I was told "not my problem if you can't work those days do it anyway" .

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    • nikkiclaire
      6 years ago

      If you are in the U.S you are most likely an "at will" employee. They can do what they want, so can you.

      Time to get another job. Be courteous and explain the initial agreement is no longer being honored and if they continue with their current course of action you'll considered it termination. If they continue, walk out.

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    • t021699
      6 years ago

      I think it's time for you to start filling out applications elsewhere.

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  • rayb12
    6 years ago

    Yes. Understand there was perhaps communication. Bosses are often busy, so when I need to speak to mine I often go to work very early say Id like to talk for a minute when they have a chance and then wait for as long as they need.

    I would sit down with them and respectfully say that you are never available on any Wednesdays and sundays. And that maybe there was miscommunication but you had communicated this when you began.

    This was a scheduling error and it should never be your responsibility to find someone for those days
    But clearly whoever writes the schedule needs to know you are never available those days, so actually it is whoever makes the schedule you need to speak to as well.

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    • rayb12
      6 years ago

      This all goes better if you're relaxed and have a good attitude, give everyone the benefit of the doubt. Be firm and clear, but kind.

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  • suckonthis9
    6 years ago

    This is what is called a 'breach of contract'.

    If your initial agreement was that you were unavailable to work on specific days, and your employer penalized you for a violation of his /her own 'contract', then the employer is in the wrong.

    If you had incurred any losses as a result of this, then you might want to sue the employer for damages.

    If no real damages were realized, then the 'write up' should be 'retracted'.
    Should the employer refuse to retract the 'write up', then this might constitute real damages.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breach_of_contract

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