Employer want me to attend meeting outside hours

[Deleted User]

My manager wants everyone to attend a meeting on Sunday evening for one hour even if we're not at work.

Sunday is one of my contracted days off. Am I legally obliged to attend this meeting?

Apparently we are getting paid one hour wages for it but it won't cover the petrol to get there.

My contract does not say anything about attending meetings outside of work hours and this is the first time it has happened in the 4.5 years I have worked there.

patman99

Speak to your boss and tell him you are not contracted to work that day and the pay will not cover your travelling cost. He may well agree to include you as a phone-in attendee.

[Deleted User]

patman99 wrote: »

Speak to your boss and tell him you are not contracted to work that day and the pay will not cover your travelling cost. He may well agree to include you as a phone-in attendee.

There is no phone in option, the meeting isn't even taking place at the work premises. The reason it is happening on a Sunday night is because they want everyone there as no one will be working at that time instead of doing a few smaller meetings over a few days while people are in work (shifts).

London50

Tell you manager that you have something on that evening that you cannot cancel {ie house/babysitting for a family going out} and can the information be passed to you the following day :0)

[Deleted User]

I have no intention of going. Just wanting the clarify if I have a right not to.

stevemLS

If it is once in 4.5 years, I would make the effort and go.

It must be important if they want everyone there, who knows what you might miss out on?

Ask for travel costs.

London50

Deleted_User wrote: »

I have no intention of going. Just wanting the clarify if I have a right not to.

Well if you are not going anyway be it legal or not is not going to make any difference to you. You will not go and if it is not legal {personally I do not know if it is or not} you will soon find out on your first shift back.

[Deleted User]

I know what the meeting is about and it is no secret. Manager can easily hold 2 or 3 smaller meeting throughout the week with staff as and when they are on shift. It is just a new manager trying to be awkward. He has said that anyone who doesn't attend will have to attend another meeting (day to be confirmed) at 10pm at night. Again after hours seeing as I usually finish work at 2pm.

xapprenticex

IMO just go, its easy for me to say dont go.. after all, its not my job or the comfort of my job at risk and its not me having to tell the boss this and that, easy to say on forums not always so easy in real life.

So, id say go, get it over with, and it seems a better deal than th 10pm. No point giving them a reason to make life difficult or more difficult.

If it keeps happening, then that may be another issue.

tomtontom

If you want to start being difficult over a one off meeting, then you can expect your employer to start being difficult with you. They can't dismiss you over this, but they can always start to look for other reasons - should they want to.

The choice is yours, but I can see this coming back on you if you don't go.

[Deleted User]

tomtontom wrote: »

If you want to start being difficult over a one off meeting, then you can expect your employer to start being difficult with you. They can't dismiss you over this, but they can always start to look for other reasons - should they want to.

The choice is yours, but I can see this coming back on you if you don't go.

Yes personally nothing stopping me going but some other staff can't go so easily e.g childcare issues and travel issues seeing as it is Sunday service buses.