i worked Xmas Eve & New Years Eve, but still got same rate of pay

loopy_lass

be nice if we got OT pay for xmas and NY eve, i work in a supermarket and we had to work our shifts.... no extra pay, no please's, no thank you's..... just worked... we get the princely sum of £6.24 before tax..... no extra pay, no day in leiu...

there are so many people willing to do the job managers can cherry pick the ones that do the job and create no problems....

my advice is keep quiet... youve done nothing the rest of us havent done... hth

loops

molerat

Many retailers are now going towards no BH's and extra holiday. The company I used to work for did this. 8 extra days holiday a year, no enhanced payments for "BH" days (or Sunday) and take a days holiday for 25th and 1st (shop closed) if a contracted working day.

Proc

maz_student wrote: »

Trying to solve the problem:

• I have not yet raised this with my manager (He's good with words and can talk his way out of things)

I hear this so often. Instead of saying "I was wrong, my boss was right", they put it down to "being good with words". Maybe your boss just says all the right things...mainly because he is right?

jobbingmusician

maz_student wrote: »

LOL. ok, no more replies from anyone please! haha! I get the message :D
Thank God no one knows me here!


I guess it's a general misconception, then, because im definitely not the only one who originally held this opinion.

Hey folks, stop having a go! maz has learnt from us. :beer:

It's interesting that there is a misconception about that Xmas and NY eves are bank hols, but don't you remember not knowing stuff, or assuming stuff that is wrong? I can remember SOOOOOOOO clearly being a student, and always seemed to be expecting, for various reasons, to get paid more than I did.

(And they didn't have MSE in the Ark, so there was no-one to help me!)

Savvy_Sue

jobbingmusician wrote: »

(And they didn't have MSE in the Ark, so there was no-one to help me!)

:rotfl: c'mon jm, you're not THAT old!

I make a point of explaining things to my sons as they arise, for example they were TUPEd not that long ago so I told them what that meant. Not sure they read the letters they were sent, they were only working on a casual basis by then, but I thought they should know what could and couldn't happen after TUPE.

And I told DS1 he had to resign IN WRITING when he realised he wasn't going to keep working there, and why it was important to do that and get a P45 rather than leave himself on their books.

It does shock me how little some of my colleagues know, however.

elantan

i can sympathise totally ...unfortunatley companies dont have to give you bank holidays etc ...i worked 24,25,26,27 december didnt get an extra penny or a day off i also worked 31dec 1,2,3,4 jan didnt get any extra money or days off either ...i get 17 holidays a year this includes any public holidays ...welcome to the world of employment

boltonangel

My dh works all through xmas for no extra. This includes xmas day and ny's day.

rupee99

elantan wrote: »

i can sympathise totally ...unfortunatley companies dont have to give you bank holidays etc ...i worked 24,25,26,27 december didnt get an extra penny or a day off i also worked 31dec 1,2,3,4 jan didnt get any extra money or days off either ...i get 17 holidays a year this includes any public holidays ...welcome to the world of employment

By law the minimum number of days off is 28 (based on a five day working week) to include bank and public holidays.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/Employees/Timeoffandholidays/DG_10029788

soolin

Paulgonnabedebtfree wrote: »

That sounds a raw deal. Are you entitled to a day off with pay in lieu of the Boxing Day? Or do you get a lieu day off but without pay?

The Saturday though was not a bank holiday, the Monday was and the OP particularly stated that he worked 'the Saturday'.

elantan

rupee99 wrote: »

By law the minimum number of days off is 28 (based on a five day working week) to include bank and public holidays.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/Employees/Timeoffandholidays/DG_10029788

yep but not if you only work part time ...i have a 23.5 hr contract so i only get 17 a year ...believe me it is the least of my worries with th company i work with