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Scheduled Attendance

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RetroJunkie
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Scheduled Attendance

Post by RetroJunkie »

Why can you never have any leave with SA? only way out if someone will cover it appears?
Lounge Lizard
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Re: Scheduled Attendance

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RetroJunkie wrote:Why can you never have any leave with SA? only way out if someone will cover it appears?
Because SA is like an additional contract that you agree to and arranging for someone to cover it is part of what you agree in return for the higher SA payments, and of course you get paid "leave with SA" in the form of SA Bonus payments each May and August. :Very Happy
RetroJunkie
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Re: Scheduled Attendance

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Lounge Lizard wrote:
RetroJunkie wrote:Why can you never have any leave with SA? only way out if someone will cover it appears?
Because SA is like an additional contract that you agree to and arranging for someone to cover it is part of what you agree in return for the higher SA payments, and of course you get paid "leave with SA" in the form of SA Bonus payments each May and August. :Very Happy
But also in the contract I believe it states, you have to be employed more than 30 hrs to receive the higher SA?
RetroJunkie
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Re: Scheduled Attendance

Post by RetroJunkie »

Also I plan to not want to do it anymore after October next year how would I approach that?
jessicarabbit
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Re: Scheduled Attendance

Post by jessicarabbit »

You will be covered for your annual leave by your manager. You only have to cover it if a rotational day off coincides with it or if you just don't fancy doing it. As for stopping you only need to give 1 months written notice that you no longer wish to perform said OT
barrowc
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Re: Scheduled Attendance

Post by barrowc »

RetroJunkie wrote:Why can you never have any leave with SA? only way out if someone will cover it appears?
You just need to give them sufficient notice to hand back the SA for that day - see the Way Forward Agreement:
17.11 Where an individual is unable to attend for Scheduled Attendance the Resourcing Unit must be advised, giving at least 24 hours' notice, together with the reasons for non-attendance. The Resourcing Unit will then re-allocate the SA to the nominated substitute. Where this is not possible, the attendance will be treated as an unforeseen absence and covered with ad-hoc overtime or lapsed.
RetroJunkie
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Re: Scheduled Attendance

Post by RetroJunkie »

Basically my boss told me I had to find cover even when on leave, the SA i do is in the callers office I'm on delivery the rest of the time.
Bahia Feliz
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Re: Scheduled Attendance

Post by Bahia Feliz »

RetroJunkie wrote:Basically my boss told me I had to find cover even when on leave, the SA i do is in the callers office I'm on delivery the rest of the time.
That's crap,when you are on leave they get s/a's covered.
Lounge Lizard
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Re: Scheduled Attendance

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RetroJunkie wrote:
Lounge Lizard wrote:
RetroJunkie wrote:Why can you never have any leave with SA? only way out if someone will cover it appears?
Because SA is like an additional contract that you agree to and arranging for someone to cover it is part of what you agree in return for the higher SA payments, and of course you get paid "leave with SA" in the form of SA Bonus payments each May and August. :Very Happy
But also in the contract I believe it states, you have to be employed more than 30 hrs to receive the higher SA?
But is the need to be employed for more than 30 hours to receive the higher SA in the Way Forward agreement, elsewhere or not so ?