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Can you be sacked for not doing overtime?

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  • falko89
    falko89 Posts: 1,687 Forumite
    LadyMissA wrote: »
    You applied for a job and went to an interview for a job that had been filled? Oh..................how odd. Why did you not turn it down then?

    The same guy would be on the phone to the JSA saying I'd turned down a job offer.
  • LadyMissA
    LadyMissA Posts: 3,263 Forumite
    falko89 wrote: »
    The same guy would be on the phone to the JSA saying I'd turned down a job offer.
    How would he know you were on JSA?
  • mynameistallulah
    mynameistallulah Posts: 2,238 Forumite
    falko89 wrote: »
    This really does amaze me. :(

    I don't see why it would amaze anyone, and I doubt that leaving for such a reason would impress a prospective employer either. JSA is there when you have no other option, not for those who are a bit precious about working long hours.

    (No offence intended, couldn't think of a more suited word!)
  • falko89
    falko89 Posts: 1,687 Forumite
    LadyMissA wrote: »
    How would he know you were on JSA?

    He asked, and why did he ask? In N.I employers get a subsidy of £75 per week for 6 months for taking someone of JSA and into work.
  • falko89
    falko89 Posts: 1,687 Forumite
    mynameistallulah wrote: »
    I don't see why it would amaze anyone, and I doubt that leaving for such a reason would impress a prospective employer either. JSA is there when you have no other option, not for those who are a bit precious about working long hours.

    (No offence intended, couldn't think of a more suited word!)

    I have no problem the odd hour here or there, not 3 hours per night 2-3 nights per week.
  • mynameistallulah
    mynameistallulah Posts: 2,238 Forumite
    falko89 wrote: »
    I have no problem the odd hour here or there, not 3 hours per night 2-3 nights per week.

    Are you hours you are working legal? That is what the JCP will look at.
  • scooby088
    scooby088 Posts: 3,385 Forumite
    Not wanting to do overtime without the traditional enhancement of time and third, or time and half I really agree with the OP here what incentive is there to do it. I doubt it would be gross misconduct refusing to be the works cat, but if a reasonable amount is in your contract then maybe do a few hours in the week.
  • falko89
    falko89 Posts: 1,687 Forumite
    mynameistallulah wrote: »
    Are you hours you are working legal? That is what the JCP will look at.

    Mine are legal as I don't do it for them. But if I did do it they would not be legal, and if I was sacked for said reason I'm sure this wouldn't be legal either, but then they would just use a different reason to sack you, lack of work or whatever.
  • mynameistallulah
    mynameistallulah Posts: 2,238 Forumite
    scooby088 wrote: »
    Not wanting to do overtime without the traditional enhancement of time and third, or time and half I really agree with the OP here what incentive is there to do it. I doubt it would be gross misconduct refusing to be the works cat, but if a reasonable amount is in your contract then maybe do a few hours in the week.

    Many employers pay OT at basic rate now. The incentive is surely that after months of being unhappy at being out of work, he has an income.
  • falko89
    falko89 Posts: 1,687 Forumite
    I think really if it did happen it would just have to go to a decision maker and let them decide, probably just depend what mood there in.
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