Another work problem: Mothers day

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I need some advice lol! I got a call from the Restaraunt I work for on a Saturday yesterday, the head waitress was calling me up saying your in at 6 Oclock tomorrow, so I thought ok, fair enough and thought no more of it and I said kk, see ya tomorrow, well then she said wo hold on, you do know you're working Sunday dont you? And I said erm.. no you never told me that we were open on sunday, and at this point I hadnt clocked that she was on about mothers day, and she said that yes we were infact open on mothers day, and she hasnt given me hardly any notice and ive got plans with my mum tomorrow... I gotta go in tonight and tell them, am I within my rights to tell them that I cant work because they havnt given me hardly any notice? because they said that we work major days, like X-Mas, New Year, Valentines etc, but they have never said anything to me about mothers day...

Im a waiter, and also a full time nursery nurse, I only work at the restaraunt as it earns me bus fare on a weekly basis because I still havnt been paid (Ive only been there a month) I dont know where I stand
 
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If they say you have to work then refuse and demand you're payed for the month you've worked there. And I don't think you've been given enough notice.

I had a similar problem at a restaurant I used to work at, the manager (who was a complete ******* *****) didn't understand my bank details so I went for 3 months without being paid, demand a cheque immediately.
 
Andelusion said:
If they say you have to work then refuse and demand you're payed for the month you've worked there.

I had a similar problem at a restaurant I used to work at, the manager (who was a complete ******* *****) didn't understand my bank details so I went for 3 months without being paid, demand a cheque immediately.
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I dont get paid monthly there, its all cash in hand, and I was just upset because they have given me no prior notice what so ever...

another issue with sunday also is that i am on earlies @ work next week, i dont wanna spend my only day off working for peanuts :s
 
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If you don't normally work Sundays then yes it's probably too short notice - they can't really demand you do it. If you normally work Sundays though, mother's day isn't any kind of public holiday so you should have been expecting to work it anyway.
 
Belmit said:
If you don't normally work Sundays then yes it's probably too short notice - they can't really demand you do it. If you normally work Sundays though, mother's day isn't any kind of public holiday so you should have been expecting to work it anyway.
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I only work Saturday and even if I did work there full time, they're only open Tuesday - Saturday, monday and Sunday they are shut, and I dont have a contract either.. hence why im paid cash in hand...
 
Psypher5 said:
Tell them you have plans mate, they can't force you to on such short notice.
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^^

Then again, if you don't have a contract then there is nothing stopping them from going "OK, cya then!". You have very little on which to stand on.

Just explain to them that this is very short notice and you can't cancel the plans that you've already made. If they wanted you to work Sunday, they should have, by law, given you adequate notice.

Sticking in a quick "oh, by the way..." a day before you have to work does not qualify as a 'notice'.
 
Cueball said:
^^

Then again, if you don't have a contract then there is nothing stopping them from going "OK, cya then!". You have very little on which to stand on.
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Appart from the fact he is paid cash in hand - which is illegal unless he is a self employed contractor who covers his own tax & ni - not the case for a waiter!

So there is quite a lot there really
 
West said:
Yeh, shes self employed, its all sorted by her and her husband...
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He means you.

It's illegal for YOU to be working cash in hand unless you mean you're paid in cash.. not cash in hand. Cash in hand is no tax no NI, you're not officially working.

It's against the law :p
 
As said above. Tell them you've already made plans with your mum. Explain that it would really upset her to cancel.

Try to appeal to there good nature first and if that does work then you can talk about it being too short notice.
 
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