What can I do about bad work conditions?
Hi everyone,
Just wondering whether anyone knows what I can do to change really bad work conditions?
I’ve worked in a bakery (a famous franchise haha) for a year and a half now and the conditions are really bad. For example:
- we never get paid breaks (even if it’s a 10hr shift or something) or breaks at all most of the time – I’ve done 8 hours shifts without getting a chance to sit down or eat
- we are told to clock off to go to the bathroom:S
- sometimes we’ll go for weeks without pay slips
- we often don’t have enough hours in between shifts eg. I’ve closed the shop at 8:30 and been back at 6:15am the next morning to open countless times
- we don’t get the proper rate on public holidays
It’s so cliche but the owners (husband and wife) are terrible and bully (I hate using that word, it sounds so childish but it’s very appropriate here) everyone so much. Ever since I started work there, they’ve abused their authority beyond belief.
Everyone keeps on telling me to just find a new job but the thing is, I don’t mind the work and I love the girls I work with – I shouldn’t need to find a new job, the workplace should be a fair one to begin with.
Is there anything we can do to take serious action and get an investigation by the ombudsman (this happened at my friend’s workplace awhile ago) going without identifying ourselves or losing our jobs??
Any help would be great, I’m only 21 and I shouldn’t be worrying this much about a part-time job!
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