employer insisting change to working days

lincroft1710

If he has only 6 months to retirement, then he may as well just accept the change

ACG

Can he not suggest Sunday, Wednesday and Friday?
It is only one day out from what the hotel manager wants and fits in with his commitments?

Tabbytabitha

atrixblue.-MFR-. wrote: »

Age is irrelevant here, if your husband is contracted for hours worked then the employer has a right to change the days and keep the hours the same, if they were asking him to do more hours at the same pay then obviously this is a concern, but the employer has identified a gap and wishes to your husband to do his contracted hours on different days to fill this gap.


Its a sad situation with your son, I would hope the employer would be a little forgiving when given notice a meeting or appointment is coming up that needs to attended to, and bit compromise as to how the hours can be made up on a different day.


As for the favor to a friend not the employers legal problem and your husbands to work around I'm afraid.

lorryw wrote: »

Thanks for all the advice.
Our life has always revolved around our sons needs and my husband has decided the job isn't worth the hassle. He started out as working a couple of days a week for a few hours at minimum wage, to fit around our sons long weekends home. This was agreed when he first started the job (with his previous boss) but obviously expectations change and he has been given more and more responsibilities and still on a minimum wage. He only has 6 months to retirement.

He may have only 6 months to receiving his state pension but he can retire when he chooses - the issues are separate.

lorryw

He won't get a pension until 65 though.

andrewg112

From years working in hotels, I'm sure you will find his contract will say something similar to 'subject to change due to the needs of the business', unless the contract specifically states the days (unlikely).

Has he spoken to the manager at all ? If he is a new manager he surely will want to be seen to be supportive whilst driving the business forward too. Have a chat and then take it from there. He could always consider dropping the Monday and doing two days a week.

Archergirl

I would just suck it up for 6 months not worth making a fuss, if he leaves the job you may struggle for 6 months till his pension kicks in.
As the caring work is voluntary they should accept he needs to change his days with them.

theoretica

Does he need three days wages? If he is interested in dropping to two rather than totally quitting he could point out the Wednesday and Friday are unchanged, they no longer need him on Thursday, and as he won't do Monday they will need to find someone else for that day.

Tabbytabitha

lorryw wrote: »

He won't get a pension until 65 though.

No, but just because he's eligible for his pension doesn't mean that he has to retire, particularly if his pension amount is low.

unforeseen

theoretica wrote: »

Does he need three days wages? If he is interested in dropping to two rather than totally quitting he could point out the Wednesday and Friday are unchanged, they no longer need him on Thursday, and as he won't do Monday they will need to find someone else for that day.

That approach sounds like a good way to end up with zero days wage. It is a lot easier to get somebody for 3 days than it is to find somebody to only do one day.