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Blatchford

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Chill
How are you motivated to help anyone with this attitude? Fortunately I went to an interview yesterday that started why does anyone chose to be zero-hours and no they were not young or a minimum wage employer. So thankfully not everyone shares your view.

Having things your own way - as the 38 year old with a contract that reads:

"Your normal hours of work are 0 hours per week, excluding meal breaks. ("Basic hours") You will be notified at least 1 week in advance as to how these hours will be arranged." Although as the zero-hours/hourly paid worker I've yet to be able to turn down a shift
while neither will I be stopped trying to better this line. Good old zero-hours.

Admittedly the 38 and up featuring 50 year old were clever enough to opt for shift-work which meant they didn't need to ask anything of their employer.
It's quite hilarious when colleagues who are such the magic 'guaranteed hours' turn up half hour after shift starts and can wonder off couple of hours before their finish time.

A 50 odd year with less service that then 38 year old, receiving a contract that reads:
"Your normal hours of work are 37.5 hours per week, (Basic hours) excluding meals breaks blah blah"

So today OP it is very much what you are prepared to fight for.

At least my responses are on topic, which yours, including this one, never are. It has got absolutely nothing at all to do with "what you are prepared to fight for". The poster knows what the policy is. If they take time off for a medical appointment for themselves then they must work back the time off, or take it as holiday That's it. End of story. You do not get to take time off for other peoples appointments. If you want to do that then you must take holiday.

But please do make the thread all about you again, because I do not see what you going for an interview yesterday has to do with someone else's manager following company policy on medical appointments. Not does that have anything to do with my (or your) opinion of zero hours contracts, which haven't been mentioned at all up until now. For your information I broadly do not support zero hours contracts, although utilised in the right way they can be of benefit to both employers and workers. And I stand by my opinion that name calling and tantrums about a manager doing their job is ridiculous - just because people want something does not mean it is their entitlement. Some of the people whinging about how they can't have paid time off for everything under the sun need to consider that they are employed to work and produce services or goods, and not so long ago there would have been no time off, paid or otherwise, for anything - unless you count being handed your cards if you didn't like working. I don't think for one minute that things should go back to those ways, but too many people think that actually working, as opposed to being in employment, is an imposition and shouldn't be allowed.

gettingtheresometime

So you've had it easy in the past and now the new manager wants you to stick to the rules.

Well as long as they are applying the rules to everyone what's the problem?

Redvee

AS others have mentioned it depends on your contract but doubt time off for family members appointments will be given to you and you'll have to use holiday or take unpaid leave.
I work 14-22 so try and get appointments in the morning, there are times when I can't get an AM appointment so will start 2 hours late and have this as paid leave as these appointmets are usually relating to T1 treatment, only in the first 6 months at my current job did I take holiday for medical appointments then I became aware of the procedure.