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extra saturdays off
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the mad woman
- Posts: 178
- Joined: 20 May 2007, 13:37
extra saturdays off
anybody managed to get one in 4 saturdays off if so what are your hours for rest of weeks thanks
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eian687
- Posts: 743
- Joined: 27 May 2007, 09:43
- Location: south wales
Re: extra saturdays off
i am getting less saturdays off.................table top revision lost my duty now doing different duty every day and different days off, when i complain they say wait till resign next month, that does so all for my sats off
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DGP1
- Posts: 15551
- Joined: 07 Jun 2007, 20:39
- Gender: Male
- Location: Terminus
Re: extra saturdays off
We've been conned - dingo - 17th March 2011..................still, I'm pissing myself laughing over it

I'm preparing myself for the zombie invasion, rule number 1 - Cardio
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singingpostman
- Posts: 148
- Joined: 01 Oct 2007, 14:22
Re: extra saturdays off
also, is anybody on a 39 hour week yet ?, we certainly aint.
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fishtank
- Posts: 19732
- Joined: 28 Sep 2007, 17:22
- Gender: Male
Re: extra saturdays off
Yes to 1 in 4.singingpostman wrote:also, is anybody on a 39 hour week yet ?, we certainly aint.
Yes to 39hr week.
DGP...you've been conned.
good times, bad times you know I've had my share
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DGP1
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- Location: Terminus
Re: extra saturdays off
Oi you...................fishtank wrote:Yes to 1 in 4.singingpostman wrote:also, is anybody on a 39 hour week yet ?, we certainly aint.
Yes to 39hr week.
DGP...you've been conned.
I'm preparing myself for the zombie invasion, rule number 1 - Cardio
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arnold cheshire
- Posts: 5309
- Joined: 14 Oct 2010, 21:28
- Gender: Male
- Location: england
Re: extra saturdays off
i have 1 in 3 sats off

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the mad woman
- Posts: 178
- Joined: 20 May 2007, 13:37
Re: extra saturdays off
what hours do you work the other days we have been told we may have to work longer on the saturdays we are in
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skull
- Posts: 450
- Joined: 15 Nov 2010, 19:31
- Gender: Male
Re: extra saturdays off
We are just going through the final stages of drawing up new duty structures and a new shift pattern for full time staff that will provide a 39hr a week and 1 in 4 Saturdays off . This is scheduled to be introduced in May . It looks like we might be working a nine day fortnight , which works something like below .
week 1 , you work Mon, Tues, Fri and Sat =34.5 hrs
week2 , you work , Mon ,Wed , Thurs , Fri and Sat = 43.75 hrs
week 3 , you work Mon ,Tues ,Wed, Thurs = 34.5 hrs
Week 4 , you work Tues , Wed ,Thurs , Fri and Sat = 43.25 hrs
You work 156 hrs over 4 weeks . In joint management , planner and union presentation it was put forward to the office staff and it seems to have gone down quite well . If the planner can get it to fit into the office work plan I think this is the way we will be working in May . . On week 3 you get Fri and Sat off and week 4 you get the Mon off , so every 4 weeks you get a long weekend . There are other shift pattern options but this one seems to be the most popular
week 1 , you work Mon, Tues, Fri and Sat =34.5 hrs
week2 , you work , Mon ,Wed , Thurs , Fri and Sat = 43.75 hrs
week 3 , you work Mon ,Tues ,Wed, Thurs = 34.5 hrs
Week 4 , you work Tues , Wed ,Thurs , Fri and Sat = 43.25 hrs
You work 156 hrs over 4 weeks . In joint management , planner and union presentation it was put forward to the office staff and it seems to have gone down quite well . If the planner can get it to fit into the office work plan I think this is the way we will be working in May . . On week 3 you get Fri and Sat off and week 4 you get the Mon off , so every 4 weeks you get a long weekend . There are other shift pattern options but this one seems to be the most popular
Last edited by skull on 10 Apr 2011, 14:48, edited 1 time in total.
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enzio
- Posts: 379
- Joined: 06 Mar 2010, 16:30
- Gender: Male
Re: extra saturdays off
we tried to work that and the rounds end up being over five hours long so did not go though with it same as the four day week that came in at over six hours long and i am f##### at 4 1/2 hoursskull wrote:We are just going through the final stages of drawing up new duty structures and a new shift pattern for full time staff that will provide a 39hr a week and 1 in 4 Saturdays off . This is scheduled to be introduced in May . It looks like we might be working a nine day fortnight , which works something like below .
week 1 , you work Mon, Tues, Fri and Sat =34.5 hrs
week2 , you work , Mon ,Wed , Thurs , Fri and Sat = 43.75 hrs
week 3 , you work Mon ,Tues ,Wed, Thurs = 34.5 hrs
Week 4 , you work Tues , Wed ,Thurs , Fri and Sat = 43.25 hrs
You work 156 hrs over 4 weeks . In joint management , planner and union presentation it was put forward to the office staff and it seems to have gone down quite well . If the planner can get it to fit into the office work plan I think this is the way we will be working in May . . On week 3 you get Fri and Sat off and week 4 you get the Mon off , so every 3 weeks you get a long weekend . There are other shift pattern options but this one seems to be the most popular