![]() ![]() Kmart employees aren’t alone in being asked to come to work on the holiday. We continue to express deep appreciation in advance to all associates who will be working Thanksgiving and Black Friday.” All associates are compensated time and a half pay for the hours they work on Thanksgiving Day. ![]() Associate schedules are posted, on average, two weeks in advance – including for holiday schedules. Seasonal associates are told upon hire of our holiday store hours and we make every effort to accommodate associate shift requests during this time. In response to questions about the survey results, a company spokesperson said in a statement, “Again, we reiterate that our stores do their very best to staff with seasonal associates and those who volunteer to work holidays. They may be in for a rude surprise: of those who know their schedules, all but two have to work on Thanksgiving, while about three-quarters also have to come in the next day. Fisher says that her mother has sometimes found out her schedule as little as a day ahead of time. Forty-three percent of the surveyed employees said they still don’t know their schedules for Thanksgiving or Black Friday. Another said, “I didn’t volunteer to work on either of these days they just pretty much scheduled me regardless if I had plans or not on Thanksgiving.”Ī sign for employees at a Kmart (Photo: ThinkProgress)Īnd most workers have no idea whether they’re going to be asked to give up some of their Thanksgiving dinner to come to work, even with the holiday a week away. “t my store, they scheduled workers who aren’t seasonal and who DIDN’T volunteer to work on Thanksgiving,” one said. Only seven surveyed employees said their stores had given employees the chance to volunteer for a holiday shift. “If I were to call out I would be terminated, and requesting off is not allowed.” “I am a lead at a Kmart and it is mandatory for me to work on Thanksgiving,” another employee said. No time off.’” At one location, an employee says signs have been posted in the break room saying workers can’t request time off on Thanksgiving or Black Friday and that everyone has to put in at least some time on both, while at another signs have been posted saying no one can request time off between November 15 and January 1. In a press release from the petition organizer, one employee said human resources has told them, “if you do not come to work on Thanksgiving, you will automatically be fired… I made the request to work a split shift on Thanksgiving and was denied.” Another said, “Our manager stated at a staff meeting: ‘Everyone must work Thanksgiving and Black Friday. Of those, just three said they had the option to ask to take the holiday off. Jillian Fisher, who started a petition on asking Kmart to give her mother and other employees the flexibility to take the holiday off, surveyed 56 self-identified employees from more than 13 states. A sign at a Kmart informing employees that they cannot request time off over the holidays. ![]()
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