My boss (M45) asked me (F22) a month ago whether I could work during christmas holidays, I said yes but wasn’t sure which days yet. He told me that the 24th and 31st are his busiest days of the year but we left it at that.
I told my mom that I might be working on the 24th so I would only be home the next day. My parents are quite religious, this obviously upset her a lot so I immediatly texted my boss that I would not be able to work on the christmas weekend.
His response was “you have to”. That’s it.
Keep in mind this is a part-time student job, under a Dutch zero-hour contract, therefore I have no obligation to work on specific days nor a min. amount of hours.
I’m not sure how to go about this and what I should respond. The only thing I can think of is repeat that I cannot work on that day. Any advice on how to handle this?