Change Start/Finish Time

Cityaces

Hi,

Can someone help me please. My employer has just told me that they are altering my start/finish time .

Background.

I started with them 1st October 2015. They came up to me that day and offered me either 9/5 or 10/6.

I chose 9/5. The rest of the people here work longer hours or 10/6. I want to stick to 9/5.

Do I have any options apart from be a disgruntled worker?

Please advise as they want my agreement tomorrow!

Thanks

Peter

Ebe_Scrooge

What does your contract of employment say ? If it states that your working hours are 9-5 then your employer has to honour that. If the contract states that hours are flexible according to the needs of the business ( or words to that effect ), then you don't really have a lot of choice.


If you're contracted to work 9-5 and the employer wants to change the hours, you'd have to sign a new contract. Of course, it would be your choice in that scenario as to whether you accept the revised hours or not.

Cityaces

This is an 'old fashioned/style' company. I wasn't given a contract as such. I had a 2 line email before I started.

35 hours a week 20 days holidays + bank holidays salary £.

That was it.

ScorpiondeRooftrouser

Are you saying that you are the only person in the company who works 9 to 5 and they want you to change to 10 to 6 to fit in with everybody else?

Cityaces

Yes - in a way.

However I realise that this might sound like I'm being awkward, but I'm not.

When I started I was offered either of the times and being honest I was trying to impress the company and knew (as I had discussed at the interview) that I would require finishing at 4 on quite a few occasions. So I took the 9-5 option as it didn't mean any time off as I could work through my dinner.

However it now suits me and will mean a complete shift in my time off if I am forced to move.

[Deleted User]

Ask for the stats between your time 'shift' and that of the 10-6 crew and build a business case if you are ultimately shown as way ahead?

I'm opposite I broke away from the conventional contracted 9-5 to secure as many sales in a day as possible and help myself. The hour's adjustment can make all the difference. And if I ever become eligible for a one to one or an appraisal, it would certainly be used in the 'what have you done to support your role' box!

ohreally

Cityaces wrote: »

So I took the 9-5 option as it didn't mean any time off as I could work through my dinner.

This arrangement isn't compliant with WTR on rest breaks - it should be a break in working time and should not be taken at the start or the end of the working day [provided your not an exempted role].

Cityaces

To be honest I didn't think hat would matter as I work 35 hours a week. If I work through my dinner I claim hour overtime unless I finish at 4.

It's just the extra hour at night is going to add an extra hour and half travelling home as it's busier at 6 than 5pm to get home! So what I do in the evenings I would no longer be able to do.

ScorpiondeRooftrouser

Cityaces wrote: »

To be honest I didn't think hat would matter as I work 35 hours a week. If I work through my dinner I claim hour overtime unless I finish at 4.

I am quite astounded that they would let you do that.

Cityaces wrote: »

It's just the extra hour at night is going to add an extra hour and half travelling home as it's busier at 6 than 5pm to get home! So what I do in the evenings I would no longer be able to do.

That's not really their problem. If you are one person working out of sync with the rest of the company, do they actually have to have the office open at 9 especially for you? A lot depends on what you do and how your company works.

JReacher1

Cityaces wrote: »

To be honest I didn't think hat would matter as I work 35 hours a week. If I work through my dinner I claim hour overtime unless I finish at 4.

It's just the extra hour at night is going to add an extra hour and half travelling home as it's busier at 6 than 5pm to get home! So what I do in the evenings I would no longer be able to do.

If I read this right you are meant to be working 9-5pm, you instead work 9-4pm and work through lunch. You then claim overtime for the 4pm-5pm time? Is that right?

I suspect this has riled your employers which is why they are changing your working hours.

k3lvc

JReacher1 wrote: »

If I read this right you are meant to be working 9-5pm, you instead work 9-4pm and work through lunch. You then claim overtime for the 4pm-5pm time? Is that right?

I suspect this has riled your employers which is why they are changing your working hours.

10/10 for initiative to the OP though - same no. of hours away from home but paid overtime rates for one of them :rotfl: