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Forced lunchbreak?
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shell820810 wrote: »That doesnt happen in professional firms, you are just expected to do it until its done.
Only where a culture of fear exists.Don’t be a can’t, be a can.0 -
www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/Employees/Flexibleworking/DG_184569
After the baby you have the right to ask for some flexibility. But if you are not being paid for 1 hour before try going elsewhere and not working during lunch. Assuming you are pregnant you may have additional leverage in doing this
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Parents/Moneyandworkentitlements/WorkAndFamilies/Pregnancyandmaternityrights/DG_10026556Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are incapable of forming such opinions.0 -
www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/Employees/Flexibleworking/DG_184569
After the baby you have the right to ask for some flexibility. But if you are not being paid for 1 hour before try going elsewhere and not working during lunch. Assuming you are pregnant you may have additional leverage in doing this
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Parents/Moneyandworkentitlements/WorkAndFamilies/Pregnancyandmaternityrights/DG_10026556
The OP is choosing to work lunch, it appears the employer is not asking or even wanting then to work any of the lunch prefering all employees to take the hour.0 -
They are - it's you who refuses to see things from the perspective of the employer, who is trying to run a business. You are a cog in their system, not vice versea. As such you are replaceable. If you can give some thought to how the work will be covered whilst you are not there, without incurring additional costs or putting your colleagues out you may have a cat in hell's chance of a positive responsse.shell820810 wrote: »:mad:
So it is unreasonable to be expect to be paid for the hours I work. Comments like that are not useful. I am only trying to figure out where I stand and what my options are when I return to work.
No one has asked the OP to work through her lunch break? The decision to do so was at her own risk.how annoying!!
this is what is making employers take liberties. e.g. "in this current climate you should be lucky to have a job never mind expect to get paid for 20 hours+ overtime". .
Employers have a duty to consider the request. Just because there is a flexible working policy in place it doesn't mean that the employer is obliged to agree to any request. The employer's priority is to consider the delivery of the service, it's not the staff members God-given right to ask and then receive.i do a job - i expect to be paid for the hours i work - i expect to be treat fairly and LEGALLY. therefore i expect them to carefully consider my request for flexible working.
i am totally with the OP on this.
I have personally worked significant additional hours unpaid for years, in public sector roles without mithering, as have many of my colleauges. As soon as the work-to-rule culture invades, then all sense of teamworking evaporates and the rot sets in.Value-for-money-for-me-puhleeze!
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Being abit of a devils advocate here but if the employer allows you to have a 30 minute break and be paid for the other 30 mins won't that open the flood gates?
I mean I could argue that if you had a 30 minute break instead of the 'forced' 1hr then I could ask for a 30 minute break as well - why should my request be refused and yours accepted?2014 Target;
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Quite honestly this is a mountain out of a molehill .
In the current economic situation there are more propective employees than jobs -and a job where you have the flexibility to work two days at home and only one in the office is far more family friendly than most. If you push it too far the company would be quite within their rights to decide you can't reach terms and terminate your employment. For the sake of half an hour a day !
It isn't just about you-it's about how the company wants to operate -it may not suit you 100% but it's a darn sight easier than juggling an office based job three days a week with no option to finish -pick up baby and then play catch up in the evening-if the workload demands. Most decently paying jobs involve *some* degree of "working over" usually the benefits of the job exceed the disadvantages but it's a personal decision-there's plenty of jobs which allow you to punch in -punch out and never have to work over-Most however don't pay very well.
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mountainofdebt wrote: »Being abit of a devils advocate here but if the employer allows you to have a 30 minute break and be paid for the other 30 mins won't that open the flood gates?
I mean I could argue that if you had a 30 minute break instead of the 'forced' 1hr then I could ask for a 30 minute break as well - why should my request be refused and yours accepted?
fully agree with you and it's pretty obvious, so i'm surprised it got this far before somebody mentioned it. What the OP is effectively asking for is to do 30 minutes paid overtime at the end of the evening; ie working 9:00 to 17:30 with 30 minutes lunch and 30 minutes overtime. Whereas the company has her (and possibly everybody else) on a standard 40 hour week.0 -
scheming_gypsy wrote: »fully agree with you and it's pretty obvious, so i'm surprised it got this far before somebody mentioned it. What the OP is effectively asking for is to do 30 minutes paid overtime at the end of the evening; ie working 9:00 to 17:30 with 30 minutes lunch and 30 minutes overtime. Whereas the company has her (and possibly everybody else) on a standard 40 hour week.
Not to mention the can't I have a 30 minute lunch break and go home 30 minutes early requests2014 Target;
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i do a job - i expect to be paid for the hours i work - i expect to be treat fairly and LEGALLY.
I agree with you.
However, in this case the OP currently works through her lunch break and works overtime that is unpaid.
If I understand correctly, she does not want to do this when she returns from maternity leave.
As somebody said previously, it is almost as though it is ok for a company to exploit an employee as long as they are not a parent !0 -
mountainofdebt wrote: »Not to mention the can't I have a 30 minute lunch break and go home 30 minutes early requests
and the 'can i skip lunch' brigade.0
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