Is today your day off?

Spartacus · Post by **Spartacus** » 27 Aug 2007, 18:58

If it is don't forget to book a days overtime.

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 27 Aug 2007, 19:00

Spartacus wrote:If it is don't forget to book a days overtime.

We get a day off in Lieu.

DGP1 · Post by **DGP1** » 27 Aug 2007, 19:01

I thought you got a days leave in lieu??

pistol · Post by **pistol** » 27 Aug 2007, 19:02

You can choose between a day in lieu or 8 hrs enhanced docket.

Spartacus · Post by **Spartacus** » 27 Aug 2007, 19:05

Take the money

DGP1 · Post by **DGP1** » 27 Aug 2007, 19:07

pistol wrote:You can choose between a day in lieu or 8 hrs enhanced docket.

Are you sure because I'll be bringing this up with my DUM in the morning

Spartacus · Post by **Spartacus** » 27 Aug 2007, 19:10

disgruntledpostie1 wrote:
pistol wrote:You can choose between a day in lieu or 8 hrs enhanced docket.
Are you sure because I'll be bringing this up with my DUM in the morning

If you think about it,you'll be working 40 hours this week while your colleagues will only work 32 = 8 hours docket for you.

pistol · Post by **pistol** » 27 Aug 2007, 19:14

trust me..i used to work at office "a" where we always had the choice,i then transferred to my present office where everyone took day in leiu..i asked dom for docket he said "everyone takes day in leiu" i told him and everyone else i wanted 8 hrs..he made some phone calls and now everyone takes the docket as they were never told about it before..it seems r'm don't make the choice common knowledge but it is there.

shelanda · Post by **shelanda** » 27 Aug 2007, 19:16

Spartacus wrote:
disgruntledpostie1 wrote:
pistol wrote:You can choose between a day in lieu or 8 hrs enhanced docket.
Are you sure because I'll be bringing this up with my DUM in the morning

If you think about it,you'll be working 40 hours this week while your colleagues will only work 32 = 8 hours docket for you.

Had this conversation with my acting dom seems that it is a very grey area that some of us are getting away with, and others can't get......all I know for sure is that you should be able to take your day off at the earliest opportunity after bank holiday, so think that giving people option stops loads of staff asking for day off asap........try that argument.......good luck!

DGP1 · Post by **DGP1** » 27 Aug 2007, 19:30

shelanda wrote:
Spartacus wrote:
disgruntledpostie1 wrote:
pistol wrote:You can choose between a day in lieu or 8 hrs enhanced docket.
Are you sure because I'll be bringing this up with my DUM in the morning

If you think about it,you'll be working 40 hours this week while your colleagues will only work 32 = 8 hours docket for you.
Had this conversation with my acting dom seems that it is a very grey area that some of us are getting away with, and others can't get......all I know for sure is that you should be able to take your day off at the earliest opportunity after bank holiday, so think that giving people option stops loads of staff asking for day off asap........try that argument.......good luck!

Do you think if I asked for Staurday I'd get it

shelanda · Post by **shelanda** » 27 Aug 2007, 19:33

We can all live in hopes and

go for it they can only say no

pilsbury · Post by **pilsbury** » 27 Aug 2007, 20:18

I can't believe how we all seem to work by different rules.

Post by **Carnoustie** » 27 Aug 2007, 22:41

pilsbury wrote:I can't believe how we all seem to work by different rules

How about this, then ? Me and some others at my office work Tuesday - Friday or Tuesday - Saturday shifts, so Monday is a rest day for those of us on those shifts. When a bank holiday falls on a Monday (as at least 4 of them do every year), local custom is that we take the Tuesday off, or work overtime on what is in effect our day off in lieu.

A couple of years ago, Xmas day and Boxing Day fell on Sunday and Monday, so those of us on these duties expected to be able to take the Wednesday off, as everyone else had Monday and Tuesday off (those being the official Bank Holiday days). The line manager had other ideas though. He said we would be likely to be extremely busy, so he was going to use the 'Way Forward' agreement to force us to come in that day, and credit us with a day's leave. This actually suited me, so I asked about the arrangements for the Wednesday after new year, when everyone else had a public holiday on Tuesday and we would expect to be off on Wednesday. I asked the line manager
"Can I come in on that Wednesday and be credited a day's leave ?"
"Not really" he says "we don't expect to be busy on that day, so we don't need you in"
"So, what you're saying is you can use the Way Forward agreement to shorten my Xmas break and bung me a day's leave, but when I want to use that same agreement to work my day off and thus boost my leave entitlement, you won't let me ? Either we stick to the principles of that agreement, or we don't - you can't invoke it only when it suits you"
Anyhow, the upshot of much heated argument is that those of us on those duties now have three choices tomorrow
1. take the day off
2. go in and work overtime
3. go in but have a day added back to our leave entitlement

pilsbury · Post by **pilsbury** » 28 Aug 2007, 11:26

When a bank holiday falls on our rest day we get a day put on our leave,its been like that from day one so thats the ruling we all work to.

wakkono · Post by **wakkono** » 28 Aug 2007, 12:38

we used to have an option but we were told about 18 months ago that we cant have the money anymore we did try to fight it but were told by cwu that its a very grey area like i said we did try to fight it but were told that we had no choice after a few disagrements were put in about it

we also have no say about the day off we have to ask the dom and he gets to say when we can have it and when we cant if you ask for a saturday if your not a browm tongue you can forget it !!!

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