change in hours help

[guspoppy]

Hi everyone.

my employer wants to do a major change in our hours. this is making the staff very unhappy due to family reasons and unable to get to work and back.
we have had our first meeting but the second meeting wasnt until 45 days later.
most of us disagreed to the new hours at our second meeting as they were worse than the first.
we are now awaiting our third and final meeting but i have just found out that the time between the first and second meeting is 30 days otherwise its back to first meeting.
is this true? is it too late to say this to my employer as we all have had our second meeting?
i hope this makes sense , just got a very muddly head.

thanks..x

[leclerc]

Re: change in hours help

http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=675

The above is what I have found out. If you have a union then get them involved in negotiations with the employer.

[guspoppy]

Re: change in hours help

hi , thanks for link. union says they cant do anything for me as company can change hours.

[leclerc]

Re: change in hours help

hi , thanks for link. union says they cant do anything for me as company can change hours.

Have they had any talks with the employer or are they simply happy to take your money for union membership and do nothing?

[miliitant]

Re: change in hours help

hi , thanks for link. union says they cant do anything for me as company can change hours.

who told you that rubbish

who is the union

how many employees are affected

who is doing the consultation period

[guspoppy]

Re: change in hours help

ive cancelled my membership as this was whole reason i joined them.
ive gone higher up and spoken to my actual big boss manager and said how i was feeling. she said she understood and she has found me somewhere else to go in the company. i am think i will accept this. be a new challenge for me in my career.

[miliitant]

Re: change in hours help

well then, accept the change if that the best option for you, but what about your collegues

do you think its right the employer can think they can do just what they want and to hell with statute legislation

why will people not stand up and be noticed and just say NO and say this is not acceptable

what will you do next when they say they require a wage cut as the boss is not getting his holiday in the sun this year

i spend most of my time trying to install some intestinal fortitude in people on injustice and they just accept it in the end

sorry

rant over

[bluebottle]

Re: change in hours help

well then, accept the change if that the best option for you, but what about your collegues

do you think its right the employer can think they can do just what they want and to hell with statute legislation

why will people not stand up and be noticed and just say NO and say this is not acceptable

what will you do next when they say they require a wage cut as the boss is not getting his holiday in the sun this year

i spend most of my time trying to install some intestinal fortitude in people on injustice and they just accept it in the end

sorry

rant over

You and I think along similar lines, Miliitant. You call it "Intestinal Fortitude" whilst I call it Self-Empowerment, which is basically the same thing.