Re: Employment

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On 2/18/07, JCM wrote:
> I am an employer who has both full and part-time
> employees. I would like to change one of the full-time
> employees to part-time. I would not be asking her if she
> likes that option, only telling her that the job
> description has changed (because a main project manager is
> quitting and we anticipate less work.) Changing from full
> to part time means loss of benefits and I know it is
> likely she may quit. Is that okay to do that? Is there
> anything I should keep in mind?

As a general rule, an employer may reduce an employees hours
as long as in doing does not breach the terms of an existing
contract. However, you may want to consider whether or not
the employee has recently engaged in protected activity
(e.g., filed a workers comp claim, sexual harassment claim,
recently took medical time off under state/federal law,
etc.) The timing may create a presumption of unlawful
retaliation. Good luck to you.