Is it legal for a company to reduce your hours?

Can your employer reduce your hours, or lay you off? The short answer is – only if your employment contract allows it. If not, your employer will have to negotiate a change to your contract. You should also check if your contract allows you to take on another paid job while you’re on reduced hours.

Is it illegal to change someone’s work hours?

While falsification of an employee’s time sheet can be a serious offense, it isn’t illegal for a supervisor or employer to change an employee’s time sheet – as long as it reflects the correct billable hours that were worked and you notify the employee that you’re changing their weekly timesheet.

Does reducing hours affect redundancy?

Instead of reducing your working hours your employer may make you redundant and offer you alternative work under a new contract of employment. However this may affect your entitlement to a redundancy payment.

Can an employer force you to change your availability?

As mentioned, in many situations, your employer has the right to change your schedule at the last minute. But if your work schedule is consistently getting changed without prior notice—and it’s wreaking havoc on your life schedule—there are steps you can take to mitigate the issue. Talk to your boss.

Can I sue my employer for cutting hours?

Turns out, you CAN now be sued for simply reducing an employee’s hours. Here’s the deal: If an employee can show that your intent in reducing his or her hours was to deny the person access to some benefit or right he or she would’ve otherwise been entitled to, you can be sued.

Can you collect unemployment if your job changes your hours?

You might be able to get unemployment if you still have your job, but your employer changed your hours and pay a lot even though you did not do anything wrong.

What reduced hours?

Part-time or reduced hours – working less (hour or days) than your normal weekly schedule which results in a wage loss.

What can I do if my boss is cutting my hours?

1. Unless you have an employment contract or bargaining agreement to protect you, your employer can reduce your work schedule at any time.
2. Try negotiating you contract to freelance on the side, find a new job or ask for better benefits to make up for the lost hours.

Is reducing hours a layoff?

During the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak or other economic downturns, many employers furlough workers or cut their pay. These furloughs may take the form of a reduction in employee hours or what is essentially a temporary layoff. Some other employers simply cut their employees’ pay.