Employment law

My DD works for a well known coffee chain. She is a shift manager. She very rarely gets 2 days off in a row and at this time of year having a weekend day off is almost impossible and she is currenly working a six day week. Her store has a huge problem when employing students. Many of whom want the best days off (Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays) and are not prepared to work late on "student nights". My DD always tries to be very fair with the rota and always gives everyone WHOLE days off, not half days.

My friend was told that it would be months before she was given a weekend off but she accepted two days off each week, not necessarily together but that did not happen. She realises that she is bottom of the pecking order.

Well my DD has worked for her company for over 3 years and is still at the bottom of the pecking order when it comes to weekends off. She often does the rota and always has a huge number of requests for particular days off meaning that she often takes what's left and is often stuck with a Tuesday (apparently the worst day off). Having half days off is not fair.

Thanks everybody, I will keep you informed re the outcome but I think she should look elsewhere.