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My minor sister is being scheduled for 16 hour shifts back to back.

My minor sister works from 10:30pm-2:30 the next day. She works at a prestigious assisted living community. I asked her if she was crazy for picking up so many shifts. She said she doesn’t volunteer for doubles. They schedule her for doubles without her permission. She is miserable and trying to hide it. She comes home at 3:30 and leaves for work again at 9:45 that night. She has approximately 6 hours to herself in between shifts. I’m devastated because my sister is a little challenged and cannot speak up for herself, and I’m assuming her workplace picked up on that aspect about her and are taking advantage of it. She is 17 and graduated high school early. However, is this legal? Also, what do I do? I’m her big sister and I want to contact her workplace and attempt to stand up for her on her behalf, but I…


My minor sister works from 10:30pm-2:30 the next day. She works at a prestigious assisted living community. I asked her if she was crazy for picking up so many shifts. She said she doesn’t volunteer for doubles. They schedule her for doubles without her permission. She is miserable and trying to hide it. She comes home at 3:30 and leaves for work again at 9:45 that night. She has approximately 6 hours to herself in between shifts. I’m devastated because my sister is a little challenged and cannot speak up for herself, and I’m assuming her workplace picked up on that aspect about her and are taking advantage of it. She is 17 and graduated high school early. However, is this legal? Also, what do I do? I’m her big sister and I want to contact her workplace and attempt to stand up for her on her behalf, but I don’t want to come off as controlling or ruin her reputation there. What do I do?

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