boss forces her to work at her full time job while on shift at her part time job.?
Asked by sunshine :]
Well my mom had to work today. She works two jobs, at the same building be hide the same counter. One job is a switchboard operator for company A [full time], the another job is security for company b [part time]. Well this morning she was working security 7am-3pm. A switch board operator from company A comes in and complains that her arm is hurting. She tells my mom to work the switchboard for company A, but she is already working for company B and it is one of her days off from company A. So the lady calls their boss at company A and tells him that her arm is hurting and she wants to go home. So the boss makes my mom call in someone else to work the rest of her shift at company B, so she can work at company A or she will lose her full time job with company A. My mother's boss for her full time job isn't her boss for her part time job. She works for the government by the way. What can she do? Is this wrong? Can her boss make her do that? Any other comments would be greatly appreciated. Sorry it is so confusing. :] You didn't read the first part of my question good enough. She works at the same place behide the same counter for both jobs. She was already working for company b when the switchboard operator came in. They are literally in sight of each other, about ten feet away.

Best Answer:
Yes, her boss can do that because the government hires at will. Meaning they can fire her for any reason or no reason at all. Anyway, a full time job always takes priority over a part time job. As for that lady, the "my arm hurts, I want to go home" excuse is VERY lame. Non-government employers would laugh in her face and tell her to get back to work.

Her full time job comes before her part time job. How did boss from B contact your mother? Normally she could not call your mother in for another job, and your mother should not answer if called on her cell. The cannot tell her to come into work if they cannot reach her.
Answered by knowitall

Im sorry about this but the full time job supersedes any other commitments. Therefore she should call the part time boss and explain she has to switch to the full time job and that she is sorry for the inconvenience and if he chooses to terminate her for it so be it. She keeps the full-time job.
Answered by yp_kevin_houston_804

Her full-time job needs to be the priority. She can visit with the HR person to try to find a remedy, but as long as she's getting paid properly for the work she's doing, there's not much she can do.
Answered by dingding

This is a rough situation that she is in, but if she is working in the same place for both companies, then unfortunately, this puts them at a major disadvantage, with the fact that cases like this will happen and sometimes this is just the way that things go. If Company A is wanting her to work for their company, because they are short staffed due to the fact that the girl's arm hurts, and your mom is the next person that is the most experienced, then they are going to want the most experienced person to work the full time job. At the same point, I don't think that it is fair that the Boss from Company A should call her and ask her to call in someone from Company B to cover, but unfortunately it is probably the boss that is too lazy to look around for someone else, and he thinks that since you're there anyways that he would like your mom there instead of having to call in someone and wasting his time finding someone when you're mother is there. That is why he wanted your mother to call in someone for her role. Hope that this helps.
Answered by mtwaites