New Job . No contract . No Breaks .

mandi

Hi All ,

My son started a new job five months ago ( family business )

He still has no contract , has been told that he must work his lunch/tea breaks or he will be sacked . He also was told he would work every other Saturday but has worked the last six and is penciled in until Christmas.

Basically his employer has said he can do whatever he wants and if my son doesn't like it tough . I have a feeling his employer is correct, is he ?

Thanks for any advice .

paddedjohn

Unfortunately they can get shot of him very easily until he's been there or 2 years, if his shift is longer than 6 hours then by law he is entitled to a 20 min(depending on his age) break to be taken somewhere in the middle of his shift but not at the end. Demanding his rights are another matter.

andygb

Sorry to hear this Mandi, but unfortunately this employer (like so many others) is taking advantage of the disgusting employment laws.

PasturesNew

While there are plenty of laws on his side that'd say the employer's a fool and the employee is 'entitled' to conditions based on rules ... the reality is if the boss is an 4rse then all of that's out of the window anyway. If he complains about anything, the boss can simply let him go without reason.

AP007

mandi wrote: »

Hi All ,

My son started a new job five months ago ( family business )

He still has no contract , has been told that he must work his lunch/tea breaks or he will be sacked . He also was told he would work every other Saturday but has worked the last six and is penciled in until Christmas.

Basically his employer has said he can do whatever he wants and if my son doesn't like it tough . I have a feeling his employer is correct, is he ?

Thanks for any advice .

How many hours a day does he work?

Get him to ask for a contract and get the no break rule in writing

mandi

Thanks for the quick replies guys .

Yes I thought so.

Today he was sent out to get lunch for the owners son , only to be reprimanded when he got back for taking 15 mins break .

The worst thing is that the boss was all smiles & promises when he headhunted him. He's totally miserable & constantly tired as you can imagine

Thanks though .

mandi

AP007 wrote: »

How many hours a day does he work?

50 hours Mon/Friday plus four on a Saturday AP007 .

He's to scarred to ask for his contract as he doesn't want to be seen to rock the boat so to speak .

His boss has said he can easily be replaced as he has already done this in the past with ex employees ! It makes my blood boil that employers can treat staff like this and effectively get away with it .

dandelionclock30

Tell you son to get another job.

scheming_gypsy

I'm guessing he hasn't opted out of the working time doodah?

AP007

mandi wrote: »

50 hours Mon/Friday plus four on a Saturday AP007 .

He's to scarred to ask for his contract as he doesn't want to be seen to rock the boat so to speak .

His boss has said he can easily be replaced as he has already done this in the past with ex employees ! It makes my blood boil that employers can treat staff like this and effectively get away with it .

He has to be given written particulars within a certain time

Also you say he does 54 hours a week that's with no breaks or it would be more as he is working the breaks?

Is he on NMW?

bargainbetty

Drop a call into HMRC regarding payroll, tax returns and the like. Anonymous call, inviting an investigation. And have your son find another job, because the employer will continue to pull this stuff until someone in any form of authority comes down on him, and that will not be your son.