Re: right to time or not

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On 4/10/06, taj wrote:
> i have worked in a nursing home for going on six months
> now and two weeks before time for my vacation hours to
> start accumalating another employer asked me when are you
> going to start PRN (meaning "Per RELEIF needed")basiclly
> on callyou get no benefits ,no overtime ,no vacation ,nor
> sick time plus i had time accum@ed i was confused and
> asked what are you talking about she stated that the
> person that does the schedules told her that i was going
> PRN i was heated because #1 i didnt know anything about it
> #2 i couldnt believe she discussed my personal facts with
> another employer without my consent.she says the employer
> came and asked her about it says i told her about it
> regardless she shoulsd have told her to mine her own
> business she swear sent me letters stating that they were
> changing my employment status because of lost time not to
> mention every time at least most of the time i had doctors
> excuses court dates whatever it was excused they swear
> they sent 2 letters to an address i havent been at for
> over 4 months anyways i found it funny that as soon as i
> was not even 2 weeks from vacation time they took my sick
> time vacation time everything to change my status i had
> time accumalated and they took it is there anything i can
> do is there a law against discussing my personal or
> employment business with other staff ?should i go to the
> higher up and say something about this and if i do am i
> risking my job ? and what about my time can they do this?
> im so stressed out

In order of questions asked:

1. Yes
2. You could
3. You might be
4. What you've earned is yours - they can't take that from
you. However, they may have applied these days to the ones
you missed, if they paid you for the missed days.

Check your employment agreement/contract or policy manual if
you have one.