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HR Alert - Alternative Hours Can End Without Vote Q. I work in a small data-processing department. I had four co-workers, all of us on a 4-day, 10-hour workweek, but two quit. One replacement was brought into the department that was already on a standard 8-hour 5-day workweek in another department. Recently one (co-worker) was laid off. A contractor replaced the one that quit. Thus, I am now the only one of the original four co-workers who voted to go onto a 4-day, 10-hour workweek. We were then outsourced by an out-of-state company that made us fax them a form that asked if we still wanted to be on this 4-day workweek. My answer was yes, but after a couple of months, the company sent me an e-mail announcing that the following week we were going back to an 8-hour, 5-day workweek. If you have to vote to go on this 4-day workweek, can a company decide to eliminate it without a vote? A. " An employer may terminate an alternative workweek without holding a repeal election, upon providing reasonable advance notice to their employees," says Audrianne Adams-Lee, president of HR NETwork in Garden Grove. " Employees may also repeal an alternative workweek schedule by holding another secret ballot vote." " When an election is held and accepted to implement an alternative workweek, employees may not be required to work the alternative workweek schedule for at least 30 days after the announcement has been made of the final election results." " For obvious and practical reasons, employees need to make preparations to adhere to the new schedule, such as child-care arrangements, changes to car-pooling or transportation, etc." " An employer should allow the same consideration when an alternative schedule is repealed." HR NETwork was developed in response to the growing needs of small and medium-sized companies that require quality, affordable Human Resources services. Our attention to the details of your Human Resources issues allows you to stay focused on the strategic growth of your business, with the peace of mind that your business is in compliance and your employees. HR NETwork, Inc. Human Resource Training Courses |
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