<prompt> Human: So after I quit my job at a casino and moved cities in 2013, I found it hard to get a part time or even casual job that wasnt just music festivals i.e. bartending, once every couple of months for four hours each shift and when I moved back to my home city it took a year on welfare to actually find a job at a pub about 40 minutes drive from where I lived. Fast forward a year later and Ive been doing school three days a week Monday, Wednesday, Friday, pub work 2-3 days a week Thursday, Sunday, occasional Saturdays and nightclub work on Friday and Saturday nights.My problem lies in the fact that Ive finished school, my shifts at the pub havent picked up and in fact theyve taken away my Sunday shifts for which I get paid penalty rates of 200. I currently live nearly two hours away from the pub, and have to take public transport there and back. On Wednesday I called the pub to ask if I had any shifts this week, they said no so I hung up and continued with my day of video games. Thursday morning, about an hour and a half beforehand, I get a call asking if I can come in to start at 12pm for the lunch shift. I know from experience on a Thursday there is basically nothing to do, so Id be sent home at 3:30 if I even managed to get there on time so I turn it down. At my pay rate that would only end up being something around 80. My other job pays me 250 fortnightly but this job pays weekly and I relied on that weekly income to buy groceries and pay rent and stuff.All this after finding out that other bartenders hired after me already have rfid bracelets with their names on them so they can use the tills, and I use someone elses. Am I being petty or a bad employee for thinking that Im being disrespected? How do I go about leaving this job to find something closer without tanking my references?  <response>: Dropping the number of hours youre working is known as constructive dismissal. Its firing you, without actually saying youre fired. Major drops in pay, andor major reduction in the number of hours ie not scheduling you.So you should be eligible for unemployment. But dont take that kind of stuff from your employer. On your current days off, go off and search for a new job. Tell them you can start right away. Since your old company isnt scheduling you for many hours, and has effectively fired you, you dont need to give 2 weeks notice.Only after youve accepted the new job offer and youre about to start should you tell your old job that youre quitting. 