Do i deserve a full time job by law

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Do i deserve a full time job by law

I have worked an average of 39 hours weekly
for last 14 months in wal.art ottawa ontario
last week they starting cutting hours and i
wanna know if they should offer a full time
job for me.

Asked on January 25, 2017 under Employment Labor Law, Alaska

Answers:

M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 7 years ago | Contributor

Do you have an employment contract or union agreement that provides that you be offered a full-time job under certain conditions? Is not giving you such a position the result of some form of legally actionable discrimination? If not, then as an "a will" worker your company can set the conditions of employment much as it sees fit. This includes who moves up from part-time employment and just how many hours any employee is scheduled to work. iIf this is not acceptable, you can either complain but risk termination or quit.

SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 7 years ago | Contributor

"Deserve" and "should" are irrelevant, unfortunately. The law  is very clear that unless you have a written employment contract giving you certain rights or guarantees, your employer has full control over the terms of your employment, as well as how and whether to employ you. Your employer has full legal discretion over who offer employment to, who to employ full time vs. part time, how many hours per week to schedule employees, what to pay them, etc. This is all a function of "employment at will," which is the law of the land. So you have no legal right to a full-time job.


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