atrdriver

The "Core Values" in action. We need our CBA yesterday, and it needs to have solid protections for sick calls.



JetBlue shows ill will toward employees who used ‘too many’ sick days, lawsuit claims

Et tu, JetBlue?

The no-frills airline headquartered in Queens is the latest company to get hit by a lawsuit alleging violations of the city’s paid-sick-leave act.

The city Consumer Affairs Department filed the claim against JetBlue with the Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings on Friday. ...

The Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings case filed against JetBlue says the company routinely penalized workers for calling in sick and used progressive punishments that could result in termination.

JetBlue is also accused of failing to properly award sick-leave days to workers and retaliating against employees who got ill and needed to stay at home. The company also failed to provide employees with a copy of their rights under the law, Consumer Affairs said. ...

Ground crew customer service worker Chris Dumpson, 33, who worked for JetBlue for more than 10 years, was also let go.

Dumpson, who said he and other ground crew were talking with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers about the possibility of unionizing, often spoke with supervisors to point out their violations of paid sick leave, he said.

He and a group of co-workers even went down to JetBlue headquarters — uninvited — to talk about the problems, he said.

On Oct. 23, he was fired for not completing his minimum required weekly hours, he said.

“It was completely untrue — I had actually worked overtime during that pay period, but I took two sick days that I had in the bank. But the company didn’t pay me for them or credit me for them,” he said.

He told his manager right away that he was being fired because of a clerical error, he said. He also went to JetBlue headquarters to challenge the decision. Ten days later, the company admitted the discrepancy was its error — but sacked Dumpson for insubordination, he said.

JetBlue hit with suit for violating New York paid sick leave law - NY Daily News

Xtreme87

Good. They should get a lesson on how to treat their employees better, so they treat their customers better. Don't they know that's rule # 1 of running a customer service based business?

PasserOGas

Bump. For those thinking of applying here.

capt707

But, but we have "culture"

Skyward

It's all relative. For example, should a corpoarte 91 guy that better be on his way to the hospital to even think about calling in sick ONCE apply? Even if this corporate gig is paying 3x 1st year JB pay?? Hmmm, decisions.


Is calling in sick an issue for the pilots if you have it in your bank? It wasn't at my previous airline, but calling sick is non-existent in my corporate world.

JustAnotherPLT

Now, more than ever, is a great time to call in sick.

Bozo the pilot

To quote the veterans here ;" If you cant Flica, then Sicka "
Summer is gonna be interesting- They should just put the grids in the red from May 1st-- Sept 6th and save the suspense.

JustAnotherPLT

Frustrating to say the least. I agree, this summer is going to suck. I hear there's a summer bug that's worse than the flu. Better keep washing those hands....