Q: Can my work repeatedly change my weekly schedule in florida?
I work as a fabricator in volusia county, fl and my work has changed my weekly schedule from four 10 hour days to five 8 hours days and back within a year. They are talking about returning to five 8 hour days again after only two weeks with little notice. Are they legally permitted to keep changing my weekly schedule?
A: The Fair Labor Standards Act is the federal law governing employee wages, but it doesn't provide much guidance or protection here. Employees are not guaranteed a certain number of hours to work, and the FLSA does not impose any restrictions on the scheduled hours adult employees are permitted to work. While it sounds like these schedule changes are inconvenient, your employer is free to make these changes.
Bruce Alexander Minnick agrees with this answer
A: Yes. Why? Because Florida is an “at will” state, which means employers are free to hire, transfer, promote, demote, suspend, reinstate, fire and rehire employees for any reason at any time, i.e., “at will.” The only thing employers cannot do is make any of these adverse employment decisions based upon an employee’s race, age, gender, disability, religion, marital status or national origin.
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