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Firestarter · Joined: 12 Feb 2006 Posts: 55

A sub shift is a day where you're a substitute teacher. You call the office in the morning and they tell you where to work for the day. Pretty straightforward although at times a little unpredictable. But I hardly think it's against the law. I'm no expert, so I'm happy to stand corrected, but surely there are provisions in labour law for employers that cannot reasonably fix the working hours of their employees. Are we to assume that doctors who are on call are working illegally?

yamanote senbei · Joined: 28 Jun 2005 Posts: 435

If the doctors on call are in fact employees, their employers would be acting illegally. That portion of the employment contract would be invalid and their employers would be exposing themselves to serious liabilities.

It's would not be the doctors themselves working illegally.

Firestarter · Joined: 12 Feb 2006 Posts: 55

I was making the same point.

I find it extremely hard to believe that a surgeon could leave the operating table and go home because it was time to punch out or refuse to come in early because it was outside his "scheduled" hours. Get real. If your employer can reasonably demonstrate that it's necessary for the purposes of your work to have a flexible schedule then surely there are provisions in labour law to allow that. I'll look into it......

Firestarter · Joined: 12 Feb 2006 Posts: 55

I was making the same point.

I find it extremely hard to believe that a surgeon could leave the operating table and go home because it was time to punch out or refuse to come in early because it was outside his "scheduled" hours. Get real. If your employer can reasonably demonstrate that it's necessary for the purposes of your work to have a flexible schedule then surely there are provisions in labour law to allow that. I'll look into it......