Being forced to work long hours- what to do?

mildred1978

C_Mababejive wrote: »

I appreciate that but they are still breaking the law. It should not be a condition of employment that you have to sign an opt out.

But they can't easily be prosecuted for it.

C_Mababejive

custardy wrote: »

its not,its entirely optional
of course you won't be working there long,but its not a condition

So opt in to get the job. Work there long enough to secure legal employment protections,then if the employer is being unfair/Draconian,serve an opt out.If dismissed/bullied>litigate via the TU which you will have joined.

custardy

C_Mababejive wrote: »

So opt in to get the job. Work there long enough to secure legal employment protections,then if the employer is being unfair/Draconian,serve an opt out.If dismissed/bullied>litigate via the TU which you will have joined.

lol,you're funny
long enough?how do you see someone working a year in a place whilst working to the WTD?
what is the union for the catering industry?
Their answer would be simply work your contracted hours. The real world however tells you that you wont be keeping a job, and catering isnt for you if 40 hours is what you want.
nor getting any reference worth the paper its written on.
Catering is a very insular industry. I went from job to job on reputation. I had about 5interviews in 15+ years of work,changing jobs at least once a year

Notmyrealname

C_Mababejive wrote: »

And why? Because they have to work longer hours to make a decent living because they are being exploited. Thank god for digital tachographs though even these are abused i.e loading time being booked in as rest time etc.. Do we really want half knackered truckers wobbling up and down our motorways?

What do you think has changed since the introduction of digital tachographs?

The problem isn't the loading on rest, the problem is the legal 15hr duty period.

Notmyrealname

C_Mababejive wrote: »

So opt in to get the job. Work there long enough to secure legal employment protections

That is now 24 months.

sniggings

Pennywise2012 wrote: »

It seems pretty obvious to me that if she's bolshy with them, they'll just sack her. Since she's not quit of her own accord, I assume she doesn't want that. My suggestion came from me thinking, "If I was a slave-driving, sack-happy, awful manager, what approach might work?"

It was not my intention to come across as someone who has never worked, would be lucky to get min wage if I did, and can't read :rotfl:

I find it amazing you would give advice based on thinking "If I was a slave-driving, sack-happy, awful manager, what approach might work?" this person sounds young, telling them to crawl up a managers behind, who has already made it clear they are unreasonable is crazy.

Hope you are no longer a manager if that is how you expected your staff to treat you.