On March 11, I approached my boss about stepping down from my position in retail management due to the heavy lifting that was being required. (I am full-time.) He told me that there was another full-time position in the mornings that I could take. I said that would be fine, as it does not involve heavy lifting. He told me we would talk about it next week. The next week I went to the doctor (on March 20) and she put me on 20lb lifting restrictions. I brought my boss the note on March 21 and he said ok.

On March 24, our store manager asked if I was able to do other things in my management position, things that did not involve lifting heavy boxes. I said yes, as long as I am not lifting more than 20 lbs. She said, that was what I was going to do from now on and I agreed to it.

I found out on April 9 that on March 25, my boss changed my status from full-time to part-time without my knowlege or consent. My company has a policy in place that states "No full-time person may have their status transferred to part-time without written consent from the employee and approval from Human Resources." I did not sign nor consent to anything at all about my status being transferred.

I did contact my manager about this on Tuesday, but I am wondering if this is discrimination or not? Thank you.

So the position is only in the mornings, but you object to being placed on part time status for part time work? Is that what I'm understanding? :confused:

Thanks for responding so quickly!

No, my objection is that he told me it was a full time position but then changes my status to part time without my knowlege or consent. I am happy to work 40 hours for a full time position. It does not seem fair to ask any company to keep someone full time without working the full time hours.

I understand what your question is, but there's still a point I'm not clear on and I need to be before I can answer your question.

Regardless of what you were told; regardless of what the company policy is; regardless of what you are willing to do: Are you, or are you not, ACTUALLY WORKING full time hours?

It may just be that I worked third shift four nights this week, including last night, but I'm just not getting what you are ACTUALLY working. Sorry for the confusion. :o

Sorry for the confusion. Up until I was changed to part-time status, I was working full time hours. That was between 36-40 hours (unless I was taking a vacation day.)

But NOW you are working part time hours? That's what I'm trying to get at.

Yes, I am now working part-time b/c he changed my status. Sorry again (I work third shift so I understand your not understanding...and mine!)

After the first three hours or so of my shift, my job is mostly to be there in case of an emergency and my boss doesn't care what I do to keep busy as long as the work he pays me to do gets done. So I answer a lot of questions here at LLT while I'm at work. But I've learned there are some questions I should never try to answer after about 3:30 or so! :eek:

To your question; no laws have been broken. At most, you have an internal company policy issue. The LAW does not require that you agree to and sign off on the change - that's a company policy. So your recourse is not going to be through the law; it's going to be through the company procedures.

I would talk to your HR office and see what they say. (They are not required to create a new full time job for you if they only have part time work available.)

Thank you for your help.

What I want to know is if your status effects your insurance. Most companies do not provide insurance to part time employees and it sounds like your boss underhandedly changed your status for reasons you may be unaware of. If nothing else, confront them pleasantly and ask "What's going on?"

Considering that this post is over two months old, it's likely that the OP has her answers by now.