Advice needed on a 6 hour a week contract

xbrenx

My understanding of the holiday entitlement is that if he works the expected 30 hours a lot, not just one week out of four for instance, he will be entitled to more holidays. I hope I'm right, but I may be wrong.

getmore4less

Try to make sure the contract acrues holiday at hours worked upto full time.

Also check the terms for extra hours, often these will be compulsory with no notice

These contract tend to be very one sided

bingo87

mildred1978 wrote: »

No, he'll be entitled to a minimum of 5.6 weeks per year. If he's working 6 hours per week he gets 5.6 x 6 hours.

So that is 33.6 hours a year then - as opposed to the 162 hours he would be entitled to if he was on a contract that reflected the 29 hours he is presently doing?

bingo87

getmore4less wrote: »

Try to make sure the contract acrues holiday at hours worked upto full time.

Also check the terms for extra hours, often these will be compulsory with no notice

These contract tend to be very one sided

Yes, it did appear one sided which is why I thought I'd break out of my long time lurkery habit and ask the wise folk of this forum.

If it was me, I would be banging the table and insisting on a better deal, but an 18 year old in his first job? I think they will tell him to go if he starts asking for a fairer contract. After all, there are plenty of other people who would be willing to take his place in the present economic climate.

I can't see him staying there for long - I think it's something he will do to gain the experience and then move on. Which is a shame - he really enjoys the job and gets on well with his colleagues.

Thanks for your advice, anyway.

mutter

My 18 year old son is on a similar contract, albeit a 7.5 hour per week one (two 4 hour shifts minus breaks).

It suited him fine when he was at college three days per week, and he was appreciative of the overtime shifts he was offered, but now he's left college he's obviously finding it increasingly annoying,

Some weeks he works close to full time, some weeks it's his core hours. so it's hard for him to plan anything either socially (because he can't afford to turn down work) or financially (because he never knows how much money he's going to get at the end of the month).

It's not the fault of his manager who has asked his superiors if my son's contracted hours can be increased, it's just company policy to keep people on contracts like these.

His holiday entitlement is based on his core hours by the way.

The UKs largest retailer also has a policy of recruiting staff on this type of contract too (they call it a flexi-contract) with core hours of 22.5 hours and a promise of overtime.

Basically, it's a way of getting the goverment to pay tax credits (which my son is not entitled to) to retain a staff bank which they can use only when it suits them.

eamon

I could get really angry with this and have rant. Perhaps a mini rant will suffice. This was and is one of NuLabours and since copied by the ConDems many ideas of a flexible workforce. If it is such a blindingly good idea why isn't copied by the upper eschelons of business & government?

Oh, I forgot, it is! but sugared with grotesque amounts of £'s per hour. How the other 1% live.