Antiwork

Before I speak about the topic I want to focus on workplace. I'm not an expert here, but I feel like an obvious solution to employees taking sudden leaves of absence, is to hire on call workers for that very occasion. Why can't you just have people on the books ready to temporarily take the place of those absent? I realize this may not work for complicated jobs that require training and education. But most labour jobs specifically, are pretty much child's play. Anyone with a brain could show up and take orders. Also labour jobs especially take a toll on people. It would make sense to offer your employees time off whenever they need it, as a lot of labour work is extremely taxing on both physical and mental health, and with them being the jobs that have the most work for the least pay in today's society, it…

I was working in the floral department of a grocery store chain yesterday. It was very busy because it was the Sunday before Valentine's Day and the entire department seemed overwhelmed. For the shift I worked (6 hours) I should have gotten two breaks (as per the union/employment agreement) but was only given one, which I only got once I went looking for someone to relieve me. Talking to the other employees there that day, I realized it was even worse for them: two girls, one with a 9-hour shift and one with an 8-hour shift also only got a single 15 minute break when they should have received two 15 minute breaks and a half-hour lunch. This is absolutely unacceptable, not to mention illegal. Considering going to the union rep, mostly for the sake of those other employees.

Not sure if this is the most appropriate sub for this post so sorry in advance. I've started working a new position at my call center agency for tech support. This new client, Altice USA wants all remote employees to have their webcams on at all times. The reason I work remote is due to some underlying mental conditions I have that make it hard to work around other people. I CANNOT work knowing someones watching me. Do you think it would be a reasonable accommodation to request my webcam be off for my shift?

I live in Illinois, USA. Perhaps it actually is illegal here since we have a good track record of progressive employment legislation?? But in any case I’m applying for work that pays more than my current position and the vast majority of job applications here ask for your current wage. That feels like it should be privileged information and that they’d use it to drive down wages to the lowest possible rate they can get people to work for. It’s depraved. Edit – it is illegal, thanks u/no_god_for_you for pointing out. This is messed up and I’m angry. Here’s the law that they’re breaking , unless it was repealed since 2019 but I haven’t seen anything indicating that

This happened a number of years ago whilst I was a student but this subreddit has reminded me of this situation. As a cash strapped student I was looking for typical crappy service job to bring in some extra money to help with my studies. I applied to my local petrol station as a kiosk assistant and was invited to come in for a trial shift. The shift was actually enjoyable as unbeknown to me beforehand a kid from my school I was friends with worked there too so it went quite fast. At the end of the shift the manager asked me to meet him in his office and offered me the job. He then proceeded to say that employees are liable for stolen fuel and that wages are docked to make up for the loss of earnings. How is that allowed? Kiosk assistants have no chance of stopping…