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trainfan -> RE: RadioShack's New Policy is WRECKING Our Marriage. Seriously... (6/21/2008 1:08:12 PM)

It looks like the OP left but I wanted to reply if it benefits others.

I was told this a long time ago by someone in the know about these things. If you work for a company that is closed on Sunday and they decide after you are hired to open on Sunday they cannot force you to work on Sunday. Once you open the door and work on a Sunday in an "emergency" or whatever you then have no right to refuse to work on Sundays for religious reasons.

A few years ago a local retailer near where I live did this very thing. A woman who had worked there for many years refused to work on Sunday when the store added Sunday hours. That was fine for a long time until a new manager started, told her that was too bad and scheduled her to work a Sunday shift. She refused and didn't show up. She was fired as a result. She turned around and sued the company and got her job back with back pay.

Now if you go to work for a company that already has Sunday hours when you start I don't think you can refuse to work Sunday's but I am not sure about that.

ETA Get everything a manager promises you in writing. If it's not in writing it doesn't mean anything.



teachered -> RE: RadioShack's New Policy is WRECKING Our Marriage. Seriously... (6/21/2008 11:14:37 PM)

ArtsTech2,

I am sorry to hear about all of your medical problems, and I pray that you will be healed physically, and emotionally.

When your husband was in the AF didn't he have to be on call 24/7? I was in the AF & there were times that I had to work weekends. It was a commitment that I made to my country. Though your husband in no longer in the AF, Radio Shack is his employer. If he does not like the new policies and feels that they go against his beliefs, maybe he should start looking else where. If he has military experience he should not have any problems getting a job.

I think that you are in the wrong by bashing RS. I hardly shop there because I think their prices are high, but I do not think that they are "Wrecking your marriage".

I pray that God will help you & your husband through this situation by giving you wisdom & guidance as far as what to do. Until then you should stop bashing RS.



relady -> RE: RadioShack's New Policy is WRECKING Our Marriage. Seriously... (6/22/2008 10:11:09 AM)

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He now works at the least SIX days each week, very often has to work TEN DAYS IN A ROW before he gets his ONE DAY OFF, and most of those days are from open to close, 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. THIS IS INSANE!
sounds like normal crazy retail work to me. This is why I refuse to work retail.

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Well, it looks like I won't be shopping at Radio Shack anymore for the same reasons that I no longer work/shop at Wal Mart.
Nor I. They don't need my money obviously.

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Now if you go to work for a company that already has Sunday hours when you start I don't think you can refuse to work Sunday's but I am not sure about that.
Actually, federal law requires that they "reasonably accommodate" your ability to worship. they don't HAVE to give you every Sunday off, but they do have to make an effort.

If one is going to work in retail, one is not always going to be able to make church services nowadays, especially if one is a manager. But even that varies from company to company. Probably the best retail job I ever had was with Old Navy (Gap). They were very schedule friendly for the most part.



Covaan_Meshuga -> RE: RadioShack's New Policy is WRECKING Our Marriage. Seriously... (6/23/2008 3:11:38 AM)

I wish she was still here. I would suggest, in all seriousness, that she tell her husband to go down and take the test to work for the Post Office. He already has a foot in the door by simply being retired military, and most don't work on Sundays.



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