On our unit, we fill out a "wish list" for our upcoming schedule. In the past, our scheduler has said that she prioritizes who gets requested days off based on the reason for needing the day off. At this point in my life, I have to request Sundays off because I have absolutely NO daycare on that day (and believe me, I have tried to find a daycare provider). My husband has tried to get Sundays off so that I can work them and can't. He is still trying. So, as I usually do, I did my request for Sundays. Now, I am scheduled to work Easter and can't. I have brought the issue up to the scheduler, who says that she didn't give me the day off because other people got their requests in before me. Most of the people who request Sundays off are actually available but just WANT the day off. I know this because they tell me this in the breakroom. The reason I get didn't my request in before them--I was sick with the flu for an entire week, then was off the week after to take care of my daughter who'd had surgery.
I am so upset about this that I am ready to go to HR and our CEO about the issue. I am ready to contact the Union.
I believe our employer should provide daycare if they are going to require people to work on days that they don't have daycare. They should not be threatening workers' employment because of this.
What do you all think? (By the way, I am not suggesting that the "single people" should work all of the holidays and weekends. I'd gladly work them if I had childcare!)
Not every parent has a good support system. I ask you, why not make hospital nursing a doable option for people? 12 hour shifts are logistical killers for parents. We need to improve!!!!
To top it off, do we really even work a 12 hour shift??? I have to arrive at 6:35 because I must clock in by 6:38--or else a get a mark against me in attendance and one can only have 3 marks in a 6month span.-- If I clock out before 7:08, I get docked 15 min of pay, but who cares about that, I cant get out by 7:08 anyways!!!
on the flip side, I would rather work three 12 hour shifts than five 8 hour shifts!!
6 of one-half dozen of other as the wise ones say!!!
if yo call in your fellow nurses who are going to be bowled over with your work and the nurse manager will all know you are lying
find another solution to this problem, you still have a couple of weeks to come up with something
i know what it is like to be in this condition
a single mother working nights has to have a sitter during work hours and during sleep hours, once when i had a change in shift to days this sitter demanded double pay because her budget was geared to the amount i was paying her
Keep in mind that in order to give you the day off, someone else, who by now has seen the schedule is going to have to be told that they can't have it off after all. Doesn't seem very fair from that perspective, does it?
What's fair? She said she needed Sundays off on her application, she told the scheduler she always needed Sundays off, and now she's scheduled on a Sunday. Easter Sunday to boot! A day which will be near impossible to find childcare.
If it were me, I could care less about what's fair to others at this point. Her children need someone to watch them-end of story. Kids first.
easter sunday is a highly religious holiday- one that many look forward to.
in that respect, it seems 'fair' the procedure was followed in requesting this day off:
and that religious considerations are as important as childcare.
thanks--there is only one day a year i ever said i would not work--and that is easter, the most important religious holiday of the year in my faith.
and to the op-sounds like hubby's turn to step up to the bat, or for you to call in some favors from friends--but if you can't work when you are scheduled, find another place to work.
Some points were over-stated at the beginning, and there were a few misunderstandings and harsh responses.
yep, that would be me.
my apologies, maralenn.
i do hope you can work this out.
If you got it in the written job offer that makes this a whole new issue. I wish you had said that to begin with.
i agree on both counts:
that, w/the addition of further information, it changed the original post.
and more important, knowing that she wrote sundays as a day she couldn't work, and they hired her knowing this, i too, would likely bring it to hr and see what they say.
Incidentally, if a verbal agreement was made, to my knowledge that has the same legal weight as a written agreement. It's always better to get an agreement in writing in order to keep the other party from denying it was made in the first place, but I believe that verbal agreements do hold up legally in court.
Incidentally, if a verbal agreement was made, to my knowledge that has the same legal weight as a written agreement. It's always better to get an agreement in writing in order to keep the other party from denying it was made in the first place, but I believe that verbal agreements do hold up legally in court.
Incidentally, if a verbal agreement was made, to my knowledge that has the same legal weight as a written agreement. It's always better to get an agreement in writing in order to keep the other party from denying it was made in the first place, but I believe that verbal agreements do hold up legally in court.
The problem with verbal agreements is that there is no way to prove them unless you have recorded them. Often times it turns into he said/she said type of thing.
The written doc. makes it a whole new ball game. But, be prepared to catch flack from the people that have to pick up the slack from the schedular not doing their job. Most people don't care WHY they have to do more work.
I know it won't help with this situation, but it seems to me that there is a wide-open market for shift-related daycare. I can see a couple of nurses getting together and starting a nightcare business. The same with holidays. If you didn't have a lot of family, or if you could agree to celebrate before or after the big day, I'm sure there would be a demand for this kind of service.
I had to turn down two jobs that I really wanted due to lack of childcare and a spouse that works 3 shifts that change each week:bugeyes:, so I know how you feel. How about bringing the person who does the schedule a coffee or tea each week and a donut or whatever and tell her in a really nice way that you have major issues with working Sundays.
Good luck, I hope you can find a solution. I had to cut back to part time when my husband took a job, mandatory 6 days a week on afternoons. Soon he will be on swing. I'm lucky my DON now has 3 kids. She gets it. Our schedule isn't always perfect, but she really tries. I don't know anywhere in my area that has daycare 7 days a week. I know I would work more if our facility provided it. Yes in reality as nurse's we all know we have to work holidays and weekends, but as parents we know how hard it is to find child care. I would try to see if you could work a different shift that day opposite of your hubby. And we may all know about the hours when we go into nursing, but lets face it LIFE HAPPENS.
racing-mom4, BSN, RN
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To top it off, do we really even work a 12 hour shift??? I have to arrive at 6:35 because I must clock in by 6:38--or else a get a mark against me in attendance and one can only have 3 marks in a 6month span.-- If I clock out before 7:08, I get docked 15 min of pay, but who cares about that, I cant get out by 7:08 anyways!!!
on the flip side, I would rather work three 12 hour shifts than five 8 hour shifts!!
6 of one-half dozen of other as the wise ones say!!!