New Employee taking my shifts

[CoffeeRTC, BSN, RN]

Little background....Been working at the same place for over 12 yrs (took some time off to have a few kids so my last start date is listed in 1999) Good employee...only write up was at least 6 or 7 yrs ago and it was a trascription error that affected no one. Just about never call off...3 times in the last 5 or so yrs one of those times being for the death of my dad.

Only working weekends and again...never call off.

Question....an employee that has left the facilty (quit for what she thought was greener pastures) has come back and took my days. Right now I am considered pt ( I refused to sign a PRN contract so that I didn't have to be tied down to work holidays that didn't fall on my weekends) Since I never signed a paper that mysteriously appeard and even told them that I didn't want to be part of that program and that I am okay making the pt wage and not the prn....shouldn't I be considered PT and not PRN?

I am still getting payed at the PRN wage (hey...I told them once about it)

The kicker....no one called me to tell me of this change..(just heard it from the grape vine that this nurse has taken my days because they are convienent for her)

So...what I'm thinking is....I have a boat load of seniority, a good employeed who is pt and not prn...shouldn't I be entilted to these shifts? My regularly scheduled shifts? It is not as if we don't have tons of other days for her to pick up.

Right now I'm just going to show up this weekend and see what happens. I'm thinking she should be sent home or I will go IF they pay me for that day and the next.

I'm also thinking that I have no real recourse since this is non union and PA is an employment at will state?

Any suggestions (Beside get a new job....which I don't want to do yet since this place isn't all that bad to work at and the $$$ is good)?

[jjjoy, LPN]

When was the most recent schedule posted? If you are on the schedule for this weekend, then, yes you should show up. It's their problem if they double scheduled. If you were originally on the most recent schedule and someone changed it after the posting, they need to let you know. If the most recent schedule went up with the changes in tact, then I'm thinking you should've brought that up with whoever schedules immediately to find out why it had changed and if there were anything you could do about it.

I hope you work something out!

[catlynLPN]

Is this a LTC you're working in?

I work a LTC part time in addition to my regular job, and I can only work there on my days off on the regular job.

And yes, they do me like they're doing you, too.

They hired a new LPN and gave her MY day I usually work during the week. So I lost a day on that pay period. Someone ended up covering but it wasn't me. So now this week I've got my day back during the week, because guess why???

The other girl didn't pass her drug test or her criminal background check....something she didn't pass to standards, so they LET HER GO. Which they shouldn't have had hired her in the first place if they have to take someone else's day to give her any time.

I've decided what I'm going to do is next time they do me that way, I'm going to tell them I just will not work on that Tuesday anymore. They can just keep it, and I'll do my weekend every other weekend and that's all I want. Let em find coverage for that day if that's the way they want to do people.

Then they had the nerve to try to ask me to work another day for someone else, KNOWING that I can't work that day, because I would be on the other job.

LTC's are just stupid. They treat people so disrespectful.

[CoffeeRTC, BSN, RN]

Thanks...

Schedule is done for the month. My days have been my days for years. I do look at it when it is put out at the start of the schedule. It is hard to find a schedule since they "dissapear" If a change needed to be made, they should have called. No one has called yet. That's what boils my water.

[cheshirecat]

Have you got an employment contract. Does it state how many hours a week you are contracted for? Does it specify the days you are expected to work?

Hope it works out for you.

[catlynLPN]

I apologize. I don't want you or anyone to think I was trying to hijack

your thread.

I should not have posted about my problem in your thread.

Again, I apologize.

[TRAMA1RN]

Working in PA in general sucks, management can do whatever they want and change the schedule just a few days ahead is normal practice, yes they should have called you, but don't be surprised if they don't. As for paying you for time not worked don't hold your breath. start looking for a new job. Been their done that, the stress is not worth it.