SHIFT ALLOWANCE

Andy211267

The shift allowance is for working night shifts, unsociable hours and weekend. So surely regardless of time spent with a company is shouldn't matter and everyone should get paid the same? It takes its toll on each person's health.... do they value other people's life's compared to someone else's that does the same.job, hours etc?

moneysavinghero

Andy211267 said:

The shift allowance is for working night shifts, unsociable hours and weekend. So surely regardless of time spent with a company is shouldn't matter and everyone should get paid the same? It takes its toll on each person's health.... do they value other people's life's compared to someone else's that does the same.job, hours etc?

They don't want the night shift to be purely the domain of the newbees. They want some old heads working those shifts too.

Savvy_Sue

As already said, unless there is definite discrimination against a protected group, it's entirely legal and quite normal to pay different people different allowances. 

If you want to do something about it, you could start by joining a union and encouraging everyone else to do the same.