Can my boss take hrs off me? Help

[flumpybumpykid]

Okay I'll keep it simple.

• i am contracted 20 hrs per week
•I had booked off Monday ages ago (family thing) boss approved this no problem
• rota was released for the week, I was accidentally put in to work Monday
• told boss, she said don't worry I'll remove you from working that day ( I was taking it as day off)
• my boss never puts me in to work another shift despite me telling her to do so.
• I'm now 7 hr short of my contract and can't now make the hrs up as I'm already in today and tomorrow. Can my boss make me take it unpaid ( I can't afford to loose the money as I'm single parent)

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@fourplusfour thanks for your reply! I think people struggled to understand what I ment lol

Sorry - she didn't have to. There is nothing you can do. Whether she agreed or not (and good luck proving that, I suspect) she agreed not to roster you that day and she hasn't. She didn't have to make up your hours elsewhere when it was you who asked not to work.

Can you see if you can work an extra day before the next payroll cut off? Not idea, but you'll make up the money.

I can't see the company paying you for a shift you didn't do unfortunately.

@Jalisco thanks for your reply. I do have the communication in writing but if I have to lose out then it's fine

Just message her and ask "hi Mary, I've only got two shifts this week with the mix up over Monday, can I make it up with an extra shift on X as I can't afford to lose them money"

1. you have no paid holiday left to take.
2. any further booked holiday is at the discretion of your manager and unpaid.

you could have avoided this by asking for Monday to be a day off for the week instead of holiday booked. Or by swapping a work day with another employee.

you booked the day as unpaid holiday and the manager has no legal need to book you your full hours for that week. It’s semantics - but it saves the employer a shifts worth of your wages. Thought that you’ve lost a days pay for the week. But now you know.

dont forget she may have already filled the rest of the week with adequate staffing and therefore has nothing to give you hence her not replying.

@Alphabet1spaghetti2 I did ask for it as my day off that's the point I'm making. If I had no holiday allowance left I would have expected it to have been unpaid

@flumpybumpykid it is at the managers discretion to accommodate you - Well now you know the manager preference is to save the company money (wages) and they treat all time booked off as holiday, paid or unpaid and not as rest days. Next time do a swap with someone.