Re: Apologies

Yes it is legal to deny nurses their breaks...most hospitals, at least
in this part of the country, have had nurses exempted from the federal
Fair Labor Standards Act which covers such things as breaks and
overtime. It is one of the reasons so many nurses around the country are
unionizing. But even a union contract only goes so far...all the
hospital has to do is say that patient care needs that shift dictated
that no one could take a break and they are covered.



Melody 
Hills, IA  zone 5

Work for the Lord:  the pay isn't much but the retirement is out of this world!

 --- On Wed 09/07, Pam Evans < gardenqueen@gmail.com > wrote:
From: Pam Evans [mailto: gardenqueen@gmail.com]
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 06:21:24 -0500
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Apologies

Melody darlin' - I'm not sure that it is legal to deny employees breaks
and<br>lunches. I'm sure the Dep't of Labor must be online so you can
check on<br>that. Not sure about the shot thing either. All my shot
records were lost in<br>the flood, so I would be SOL if anyone wanted
mine.<br>Don't blame you for being a tad cranky, I'd be going off on
someone about<br>the conditions at work. It's bad here, but not that
bad.<br><br><br> On 9/6/05, Judy Browning <judybrowning@lewiston.com>
wrote:<br>><br>> Good grief! Can you just get a titer drawn to check if
you're immune?<br>> Maybe<br>> your doc would order that.<br>> -----
Original Message -----<br>> From: "Melody " <mhobertm@excite.com><br>>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net><br>> Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 5:21
AM<br>> Subject: [CHAT] Apologies<br>><br>><br>> > Dear all: Sorry if I
sounded kind of bitchy (kind of????)last<br>> > night...thanks to all
who have thus far just ignored my raving...that's<br>> > when you really

know who your friends are...so again, thanks.<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > Tried
to get out in the garden this past weekend but finally gave up<br>> >
after several phone calls about church work kept interrupting and<br>> >
decided for me that I was supposed to be indoors working on our
upcoming<br>> > outdoor mass/picnic/carnival and soon to be starting
religious education<br>> > year. I am stressed to the max right now. And
work at the hospital is<br>> > just crummy right now. I'm getting very
tired of showing up for work at<br>> > 11 at night only to be told I am
not going to be allowed to take a break<br>> > at all, not even to go
get something from the cafeteria to eat. And then<br>> > today I was
told that the hospital I work for is going to force me to be<br>> >
re-immunized for mumps unless I can produce an immunization record
from<br>> > when I was a kid. Since when did my employer decide they own
my body and<br>> > can force me to have viruses injected into it if I
don't

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