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Hey i forgot to tell you to shut up when you posted. Shut up.
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Hrzone is one of the most helpful members on this site. Haven’t seen you contribute much since I’ve been here. I’ll be around though so will keep an eye out!!
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When you do things like that and have that kind of attitude, you're going to get shitty hours and workloads. Any leadership worth their salt wouldn't invest payroll into someone with a poor work ethic and a bratty teenager's attitude.
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1. Whoooaaaa, this is a huge breach of company policy, and I'm not even HR. While asking for a doctor's note is done in some companies, the legality of this varies widely between states. I believe in California (I might be wrong on the state), this is illegal to do. Fun fact for inclusion, labor laws in general vary widely between states.
If a team member willingly volunteers a doctor's note, my leadership team often takes that into consideration. Still, I'm going to second @HRZone in hotlining the complaint. Whomever is asking for a doctor's note and how they are going about in doing so has the potential to open Target up for lawsuits.
2. HIPAA*
I'm not sure if that is a real violation or not as that typically only applies to physicians, etc. I'd read over that law to be sure, but I wouldn't even mention that.
Well you clearly didn't read the post
If you in at 8, and can't call out the night before, when the fuck are you supposed to call out when you're sick
Leaders schedule who can work and when. What time you called out is irrelevant. I call out sick if i am sick 20 minutes before my shift and still get 4o hours a week
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Hope often are you sick? The way you're typing it sounds like you have a pattern.
Not often at all. My last call out a week ago was like my first in over a year and a half
However I'm not going to wake up at 5am to call out for no reason. If you're in after noon sure, but calling out 6am isn't reasonable when you're sick. Who cares if they can't get anyone else come in. What time you call doesn't change anything for an opening shift
HRZone
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Please don't try to troll us.
You have 13.5 hours for the week, all in market.
4 today, 4 on Thursday and 5.5 on Saturday.
HRZone
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So there is another John B, at the store number you gave me who used to be in backroom but got moved to market.
But that isn't you... Right
You're digging your hole deeper my friend.
Wow.
Anyway, to be fair, it's January. Hours are tight and you don't have the cushion that you had at the end of last year. Sometimes one call out can have a pretty hefty impact on the day. Your LODs might just be making sure you are really sick and not just calling out because you feel like it (not saying you are, but the reality is there are people that do it).
Anyway, to be fair, it's January. Hours are tight and you don't have the cushion that you had at the end of last year. Sometimes one call out can have a pretty hefty impact on the day. Your LODs might just be making sure you are really sick and not just calling out because you feel like it (not saying you are, but the reality is there are people that do it).
Going by my Sunday shift apparently there is lmaoSo there is another John B, at the store number you gave me who used to be in backroom but got moved to market.
But that isn't you... Right
You're digging your hole deeper my friend.
Like I said, I'm a brtm. Never have been a market tms. I wouldn't make a recent thread talking about returns to stocks if i was market
I know it upsets you that someone that someone that doesn't particularly care about their job or co-workers gets 40 hours but face reality lol
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No. Target is not bound by any HIPAA rules, as they are not in the business of handling healthcare data. CVS is, but even that doesn't extend to asking people why they're calling in. It's not illegal to ask questions about someone's health when they call in sick. Where it gets into potentially illegal territory is if the reason you're calling is related to a disability protected by the ADA, where they're constrained to ask about things that are job-related and relate to business matters, such as "when are you coming back?"
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HIPAA would also dictate if they took doctors notes and kept them they would have to have privacy procedures and a secure place to keep that information.
In terms of calling out, it also could be one of those days when 2 or 3 or 4 or more team members in your same area have already called out and the LOD has been instructed to try to talk anyone calling out, into not calling out or at least coming in for part of the shift.
Two years back I had to flu and was going to try to come in after calling out for 3 days but as I got ready, I realized I wasn't going to be able to make it through the shift. LOD talked me into coming in for 4 of my 6 hrs. On my way from the car to the time clock, I had to sit and rest 3 times. The first hour was ok. Then I started sweating profusely and the room was spinning. I asked to take my break. I sat on a bench in the coat room. I decided I needed to lay down so I laid down on the floor in the coat room and cooled my head on the cold tiles. I think I passed out/fell asleep for a few minutes. I splashed water on myself and made it back to the floor. My TL took one look at me and said are you still here- I thought you went home 15 minutes ago. I said I'd love to and clocked out. Sometimes when you are sick you are sick and you can't let Target try to talk you out of it.
In terms of calling out, it also could be one of those days when 2 or 3 or 4 or more team members in your same area have already called out and the LOD has been instructed to try to talk anyone calling out, into not calling out or at least coming in for part of the shift.
Two years back I had to flu and was going to try to come in after calling out for 3 days but as I got ready, I realized I wasn't going to be able to make it through the shift. LOD talked me into coming in for 4 of my 6 hrs. On my way from the car to the time clock, I had to sit and rest 3 times. The first hour was ok. Then I started sweating profusely and the room was spinning. I asked to take my break. I sat on a bench in the coat room. I decided I needed to lay down so I laid down on the floor in the coat room and cooled my head on the cold tiles. I think I passed out/fell asleep for a few minutes. I splashed water on myself and made it back to the floor. My TL took one look at me and said are you still here- I thought you went home 15 minutes ago. I said I'd love to and clocked out. Sometimes when you are sick you are sick and you can't let Target try to talk you out of it.
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Off topic, but I've always wondered why you can call or go to the pharmacy on behalf of someone else and the staff will discuss everything with you - what the medicine is for, what other prescriptions the person has on file, things like that - and all you have to do is give the person's name and birth date to get all that information.
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Wonder wht your ETL Jennifer thinks of your attendance?
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What time does flow start at your store? Surely it can't be 8?
You don't need the store to be open you just need an ETL present, at my store there's always someone here before 8.
There's really no need to go bragging about the 40 hours. So you found a position where you can be apathetic and apparently still be valued. Good for you, I guess..? But try to keep in mind that there are lots of people on this forum struggling to keep food on the table. Show a little humanity.
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It's possible the rules apply differently to pharmacies, or if reality intrudes. If I am not well enough to go in to pick up a medication I would want them to be able to tell my husband anything I needed to know. It could be a significant hardship for pharmacies not be able to share critical information like that with a person picking up a prescription for someone who isn't able to be there themselves. Yes, there are security risks, there, but I have to think those are far more rare than friend or family member picking up needed medication for someone who can't do it themselves.
That's not my ETL. My ETL is a dude
they start at 6
My point wasn't to brag. I understand the struggle. My point was that HR has the wrong person.
HRZone
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He's not getting 40 hours notice he only showed his schedule for one day
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Because I have always wanted to be a cop, I did my own detective work on @jb08045. I can confirm that jb08045 is a male and works in the backroom. His last name doesn't start with a B and the store number he gave us is a digit off. My advice is to not use the same name in the breakroom on any social media. Just to prove Im not blowing smoke, nice white cat you have
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