managers or anyone-help a part time worker please

acg1305

I am wondering if you could help me 'air out' a number of concerns I have regarding my employer. As a full time Masters student, I am a part time retail worker in a concession, in a large department store in Dublin. I have been employed with this concession for over two years. During this time, particularly of late I have felt that the staff, or more importantly the part time staff have been treated less favourably than our full time counterparts.


This is beside the point. My current gripe, however, lies with my contract of employment. Nowhere in this document does it say the minimum or maximum hours I am required to work. Due to my current academic commitments I have had to significantly reduce my hours. I currently only work a shift on a Sunday (about six hours) which is all that I can manage with the work load.


I am concerned, however, that this Christmas period will be like any other. In other words, us part time staff will be expected to carry the load of the two full time staff members, who usually take a substantial number of days off during and just after Christmas ( we open on Stephens Day). I do not have the time available to me to work any more days than my one shift on a Sunday as last Christmas I was expected to work Christmas Eve right up until New Years Eve with only Christmas Day as a day off.


I apologise for venting but my question is this, do I legally have to work any more hours than the six hour shift myself and my manager agreed upon a number of months ago, even though there is no stipulation of my contracted hours? I want to only maintain this shift over the holiday period.

Eoin

No need to cross post. Closing this one as your other thread was moved here.