Boxing day pay....

jumper12

Hi.

Just wondering if you could help.

My company opened up late on boxing day (Tuesday) compared the the normal opening times for any other Tuesday.

This meant I could not start at my normal time. The company still paid me for the correct amount of hrs I normally would work for that day but they never paid me the nightshift rate I would have been paid had I worked my actual contracted time.

They are saying they do not have to. I disagree as I have a contract stating my working times and if they decide to change the hrs then as a result I should not lose out financially.

Who is right.

Comms69

Need more info.


If the contract says you will work X number of hours then that is all you are owed (regardless of any bonus payments for night shifts)

jumper12

If you work between 10pm and 6am you are paid a nightshift rate under the terms of your contract. My contract hrs are from 5am.

Comms69

But you didn’t work the night shift...

Typically a contract states for example work 16 hours per week, and then a rota provides the actual hours

jumper12

Hi

Yes i get that.

However I am contracted to. Yet through no fault of my own I was put in a position where I could not as the premises was opened up late. Therefore I am thinking I should be.

jumper12

It also states my working days and times in my contract.

agrinnall

The two usual questions, how long have you worked there and are you in a union? Sometimes you need to pick your battles, and this may not be one to choose.

jumper12

Six years or so and yes I am in a union. The reason I ask is not just because of myself, it's also on behalf of everyone else who would have been contracted to work night hrs but as a result of something that was not their own doing they also were not paid.

jobbingmusician

In that case, I would definitely get on to the union.

gardner1

Tesco by any chance

jumper12

The Green one.

So do you guys think they should pay..?

It was a contracted day and the contracted hrs fell over the nightshift hours. They were the ones who decided not to open until later then they normally would. Some staff didn't even know it was opening late and were sat in the car park from 5am - 7am waiting.