NC Labor Law info needed

[madmax]

Hi

My daughter in law works for Walgreen's in NC. She works 8 days straight with 4 off.

It this legal? She's exhausted working 8 days without a day off.

If it is legal, what's in it for Walgreen's?

She just started a 3 weeks ago and was working a regular 5 day work week. No one told her that this is the 'rotation' 8 on 4 off.

I don't get it. There must me some monetary reason in Walgreen's favor or they're just a bunch of freakin sadists.

[Sherman A1]

1. I would check your state gov't web site under

dept of labor or wage & hour. That would be a place to start.

There may also be some labor unions in the area which could be of help directing your questions to the right place.

Some of this will depend upon how the pay periods are arranged by the company and how it falls into their work week. It sounds more than a bit odd to me as a 37 year Retail Grocery worker and should be investigated.

[madmax]

4. Thank you

Yes, she mentioned pay periods and rotation. There has to be a money angle that benefits Walgreen's.

After WI, union busting and American's being brain washed to believe that unions are 'bad' I hope someday people realize that they need representation in the work place or they'll work 15 days on with 2 days off. :mad:

It all starts with a single step.

Thanks again.

[DURHAM D]

2. It probably depends on "pay periods".

My Walgreen just cut everyone who is hourly to 38.5 hours a work week. Has to do with benefits. BTW - the Asst. Managers are now working more hours to cover the cut hours of hourly people.

[madmax]

3. After 3 months

she gets medical benefits, dental in 1 year.

She mentioned something about 'pay periods'. Will check that out, thanks. :)

[Davis_X_Machina]

5. Interesting...

...they have labor law in NC? Companies fled the north in waves -- textile in the 20's and 30's, more textile, and furniture. after the war, hi-tech beginning in the 70's -- precisely to get away from labor law. And environmental law.

[mrmpa]

6. 8 x 8 = 64 hours worked, which allows them to say that she is p/t

at 32 hours per week. I know that if a person who works over 40 hours in a work week he/she is entitled to overtime pay. The big question is "over 40 hours in a work week, the employers pay period, or is it over 40 in the employees work week." I argued this when our organization tried to take away ot for some of us. We were a 24/7 operation, work weeks were varied, Sun-Fri, Monday-Sat, etc. we were union, we got the ot pay.