Q: Is it legal for a company to cut all 40 of your hours without getting laid off?
I did not get fired or anything yet my name still appears on the schedule with 0 hours. Nobody talked to me about getting laid off. They just posted the new schedule and i am on there with no hours yet the week before i was working close to 40 so I was wondering if I can take legal action?
A:
Yes that is lawful.
In California you are considered an at will employee unless you have an agreement to the contrary about that status with your employer. The employer of an at will employee can change the terms and conditions of employment, including how many hours you are given to work, at any time and for any reason or even no reason at all. There is no law in California that requires an employer to provide an employee with some minimum number of hours.
Unless you can establish that you are being treated this way because you are a member of a protected class of people or because you engaged in some form of legally protected conduct, there is likely no legal recourse for you.
Good luck to you.
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