Marissa McKinnon
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I work for a small BLS company that runs out of Murrieta, CA. On Tuesday I worked a 24 and was ran all night so I only got less than 1 hour of sleep. Wednesday I was supposed to get off around 7 and had to go to school around 12. Well, about 20 minutes before I was supposed to be off they sent us a call for a CCT wait and return. The call was a 2+ hour transport plus we had to wait there and come back. Normally when we take this patient the call can take 4-10 hours depending on the situation. Well, my company never really trained us about when we can/can't refuse calls. I was told that if a call would hold us over more than 2 hours past the time we are to be off then legally we can refuse. I could not miss class or I would be dropped and have to try to do an appeal to retake it blah blah blah. Well, my partner told me it would be fine if I refuse because they can't hold me over that long. I refused the call and about 6 hours later, while I'm at school my boss calls me. Apparently they gave me a final write up (even though this was my first offense) and took me off 24s for good. I'm wondering, is this legal? Was I in my legal right to refuse the call for holding me over too long? Also, is it legal for them to give me a final write up for my first offense? If anyone has links for articles I can look at for these laws I would really appreciate it.
