Changing of work hours

General_Grant

Neil_Jones wrote: »

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Now all that being said, if the company only operates 8-4:30 then I'd interpret it to mean you may start after 8am and finish before 4:30, unless its one of these companies that (for example in haulage or logistics) do the core business/admin work 8-4:30 and then have drivers up and down motorways all night?

The 8-4.30 reference seems to be a standard contract term giving normal work hours and equates to a full-time 37.5-hour week (allowing for one-hour lunch breaks).

The information about variable hours does not restrict the start and finish times to be as you suggest.

mrsbutton

agrinnall wrote: »

Why won't he do the shift work? If all his colleagues are being asked to do it and have to take up the slack because he refuses then that'll put him in an awkward position with them.

All his team are not doing it so it’s not just him.
His current hours work around him helping me at home due to me being disabled. He did shifts for 7 years at a previous employment, which is why he left and went to this job

mrsbutton

theoretica wrote: »

This might be worth looking into to check he is still an apprentice. Did he complete the one year apprenticeship and move onto either a more advanced one? Or has it been extended? Or moved onto internal training?

He had an estimated finish time of 12 months but he is still training and has his tutor come to see him every month so I’m guessing he is still classed as an Apprentice...

mrsbutton

Neil_Jones wrote: »

Make sure your partner is getting the correct pay for an apprenticeship if it's run over 12 months, because the first year for an over 19yr-old is £3.70 an hour (becoming £3.90 from Monday) and then becomes the minimum wage for the age group (ie from £5.90 (soon £6.15) upwards) after a year.

This does not apply AFAIK if the apprenticeship ends after 12 months and you jump on another separate one as that starts 12 months again at £3.70.

Now all that being said, if the company only operates 8-4:30 then I'd interpret it to mean you may start after 8am and finish before 4:30, unless its one of these companies that (for example in haulage or logistics) do the core business/admin work 8-4:30 and then have drivers up and down motorways all night?

Thanks for your comment.
His pay is fine, he’s actually 30 so gets minimum wage at the moment.
Other areas of work have gone to shift but his team simply don’t have the work to justify the change.
He’s basically been told to either accept the changes or risk his job 🙄

Savvy_Sue

mrsbutton wrote: »

All his team are not doing it so it’s not just him.

Well that's good: if they stand together and don't accept the change, they're in a stronger position than if one person refuses. However, that doesn't mean the employer couldn't dismiss one person as a warning to the others ...

At this point I'd strongly recommend joining a union: they won't help immediately but this may run and run.

mrsbutton wrote: »

His current hours work around him helping me at home due to me being disabled. He did shifts for 7 years at a previous employment, which is why he left and went to this job

And he needs to prepare for having to do that again. I know this is going to sound harsh, but your domestic arrangements aren't the employer's concern.