work days & time cut

[makidesuu]

I am a new LVN and just started working at a doctor's office for infertility 4 months ago.

At a job interview, I was told I will be part-time for the first 3 months and changed to full time after that.

The manager explained to me that part-time will be 9am to 3pm or 4om M - F and also Sat or Sun sometimes.

For the first 1.5 months, I was working on this schedule. Then, I was told to take 18 days off since the doctor would be on vacation.

Since the doctor came back from the vacation, the manager said to me that they have to cut more time due to their budget. Since then, I am working different time schedule such as 10am - 1pm, 1pm - 4pm, they give me the schedule the day before while checking pt appointment for the next day. Often I am told not to show up for the next day since not many pt.

So, now my salary is 1/3 and I barely make even $1000 a month.

I also found that that the clinic only needs me for post-op care for pt who had egg-retrieve surgery. There is no licensed nurse at my clinic. There are 1 student and 1 medical assistant working there. Also they have many pt who speaks my language.

Before they hired me, they used to ask for a nurse from agent for post-op care, but it was very expensive and they did not speak my language.

If I had known that my work time would be varied like this, I would have asked more wage. I cannot make a living with this salary.

Even this time, the manager suddenly called me to tell me to take 2 weeks vacation since there is not many pt.

Is this schedule legal in CA?

I feel I have been used. I cannot know my schedule until the day before, yet I cannot get a second job. My wage is based on the salary I was supposed to receive at the interview.

Thank you very much for reading my post.

maki