Can my employer make me come in for just two hours just for a meeting.

thenap80

Well, it's my girlfriend really but she is off Fri, Sat and Mon...she is also off on Sunday except that they have said she has to go in for a mandatory staff meeting!

Can they impose this bearing in mind that the meeting will last only two hours which makes it hardly worth going in for the small pay that she will get.

I only ask 'cos we were hoping to go away for the weekend but the Sunday meeting is hindering our plans.

Thanks!!

Barry

misscoupon

Well if the meeting is mandatory, it would be a good idea for your girlfriend to attend.
Who knows what the employer plans to share on that day? You wouldn't want to miss out, or you wouldn't want to not be able to speak your mind on the subject raised on the day.

I'm being pessimistic, but every time I've been invited to a mandatory staff meeting, it wasn't good news.

thenap80

misscoupon wrote: »

Well if the meeting is mandatory, it would be a good idea for your girlfriend to attend.
Who knows what the employer plans to share on that day? You wouldn't want to miss out, or you wouldn't want to not be able to speak your mind on the subject raised on the day.

I'm being pessimistic, but every time I've been invited to a mandatory staff meeting, it wasn't good news.

But it seems a bit harsh to have to scupper our plans for two measely hours. Are they not supposed to pay u a minimum number of hours if u go in. Two housr will hardly cover her travel fare. And the meeting is just a normal pub staff meeting...nothing major.

DVardysShadow

Depends on her normal working hours and days. If you have plans for that day and it was normally not a working day, I would say that the polite thing for her to do is to say that she has other plans and they need to get her agreement before bringing her in on a day off.

GEEGEE8

Just say that you had booked her a surprise weekend get away and that she can't go as she will be in the lakes, or wherever you want to go.

diable

You have plans stick to them.

dseventy

GEEGEE8 wrote: »

Just say that you had booked her a surprise weekend get away and that she can't go as she will be in the lakes, or wherever you want to go.

diable wrote: »

You have plans stick to them.

My word! What cracking advice. Are we lying here?

The Op seems to suggest that they have no plans its merely the fact they have to go in on a day off.

What a mecca of advice this place is!

OP, if your gf likes her job, wants to continue there, I suggest she goes to it.

I have actually been involved in greivances where someone was not invited to a meeting because it was their day off. Important stuff was discussed, they were not involved and later appealed a decision.

Don't be surprised if the company ask her to acknowledge her desire not to attend and then take a register at the meeting.

You will be back here in a few months asking if she should have been informed about something important, yet never attended the meeting because "she had plans".

D70

Viper_7

I'm sure her contract does not say that one must attend all Mandatory staff meetings.

If it's her day off, then if she did attend, then it should be double time - so if "reward" for attending a meeting is the sole issue this should help compensate the requirement to work on an agreed day off.

If it's a day off then sure you could have things planned. How recent (or not) was this meeting organised?

Employers do use such things to determine who to keep and who to axe, not that they'd ever admit it... but then you also can't be bullied by employers.

Googlewhacker

Viper_7 wrote: »

I'm sure her contract does not say that one must attend all Mandatory staff meetings.

If it's her day off, then if she did attend, then it should be double time - so if "reward" for attending a meeting is the sole issue this should help compensate the requirement to work on an agreed day off.

If it's a day off then sure you could have things planned. How recent (or not) was this meeting organised?

Employers do use such things to determine who to keep and who to axe, not that they'd ever admit it... but then you also can't be bullied by employers.

Conspiracy theorist or what lol

Sambucus_Nigra

dseventy wrote: »

The Op seems to suggest that they have no plans its merely the fact they have to go in on a day off.

The OP clearly said they have plans! Presumably - those plans don't include going to work for 2 hours for a pub staff meeting.

Googlewhacker

Personally I think it all depends on how much notice they give you, if htey have given you a couple of months then she knew it was coming and she should go. If she was told this week then if you have plans then let the bosses know.

2 hours seems along time so I suspect there will be an aspect of training involved.