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Whats the minimum time an SA can be?

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ruralpostie
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Whats the minimum time an SA can be?

Post by ruralpostie »

Hi, our SA is currently an hour long but a certain manager has told me provided this is attached on the end or beginning of a duty it can be any length. I always though S/A's had to be a minimum of 2 hours long regardless....??? :confused
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Re: Whats the minimum time an SA can be?

Post by Pegman »

All of ours are 3 hrs
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Re: Whats the minimum time an SA can be?

Post by baldrick »

In my MC it's a minimum of 3 hours. But most have now been ceased.
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Re: Whats the minimum time an SA can be?

Post by mandelsons_toenail »

2 hours minimum
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Re: Whats the minimum time an SA can be?

Post by DGP1 »

What's SA? It's been removed by EA.
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Re: Whats the minimum time an SA can be?

Post by BELIAL »

disgruntledpostie1 wrote:What's SA? It's been removed by EA.
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Re: Whats the minimum time an SA can be?

Post by andy2007 »

I don't know if it's changed since. But a few years ago, I had 15 mins S/A per day, to drop the Mail, ready for the start of the Shift. If that can be done for indoor staff, then surely it should be possible for everyone else, shouldn't it?

In case you're wondering: It was a temporary situation (a few months), and no-one does the 15 mins S/A anymore.
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Re: Whats the minimum time an SA can be?

Post by johnnyp »

Anything less then 1 hour aint worth picking up,the minimum contract weve ever had at our office has been a 2 hour slot.
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Re: Whats the minimum time an SA can be?

Post by andy2007 »

True. But they needed someone to drop the Mail, so that we could start on time. And I certainly wasn't going to work for free!
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