TUC Work Your Proper Hours Day - 24 Feb 2012

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Letter to Branches




No. 090/12
Ref N4
Date: 10 February 2012

To All Branch

Dear Colleagues

TUC Work Your Proper Hours Day - 24 Feb 2012

TUC Work Your Proper Hours Day (24 Feb 2012) is the day when the average person who does unpaid overtime finishes the unpaid days they do every year, and starts earning for themselves - that's a day worth celebrating.

Over five million people at work in the UK regularly do unpaid overtime, giving their employers £29.2 billion of free work last year alone. If you're one, why not take some time to reflect on how well (or badly) you're balancing your life? This is one day in the year to make the most of your own time. Take a proper lunch break and leave work on time to enjoy your Friday evening - You deserve it!

Long hours are not good for us; they cause stress; they're bad for our health; they wreck relationships; they make caring for children or dependents more difficult; and tired, burnt-out staff are bad for business.

People do long hours for a variety of very different reasons, and work life balance expert Professor Cary Cooper has helped the TUC put together a long hours clinic tool, to give you tailored advice to fit your own situation.

You can also use the online balance check to diagnose what your workplace's working style is, and then add yourself to the big interactive map to see how you stack up against everyone else. Or just check the map, to see what others have said.

Work Your Proper Hours Day for 2012 will be 24 February, but your own pay day may come earlier or later, depending on the hours you work above your contracted hours. Use the online unpaid overtime calculator to find out when you can celebrate paying off your long hours debt and try the breaktime on-line game.

Poster and Desk Card
Attached find pdf file versions of the Work Your Proper Hours day Poster and Folding Desk Card in order to raise the profile Why not stick up one of our lovely posters to let all your workmates know that Work Your Proper Hours Day is coming? You can download and print one off yourself here. We also have that you can use on the day to explain to your colleagues where you've gone during your lunch break - and why you've
gone home on time for a change!

Long Hours Clinic - Check your balance: Find out your working style -On Line Questionaire and diagnostic Tool
For Work Your Proper Hours Day, work life balance expert Professor Cary Cooper has put together a special long hours problems diagnostic tool. Complete the 10 on line questions indicating how often you feel each of these statements applies to you in your daily working life and the tool will let you know what you need to focus on to improve your situation. Go To:- http://www.worksmart.org.uk/workyourpro ... /index.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The Work / Life Map: see how the UK works
The on-line Life Map shows you how you rated your own workplaces. Click on the pins for more info about each workplace. If you've not added yourself yet, you can do so.
Go To:- http://www.worksmart.org.uk/workyourpro ... ifemap.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The Breaktime on-line game - can you work your hours?
Go To:- http://www.worksmart.org.uk/fun/breaktime/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Yours Sincerely


Dave Joyce
National Health, Safety & Environment Officer

Don't forget to Work Your Proper Hours on Friday 22nd February 2008!

[DirtyHarry]

A number of turds in my office ignored the day last year, and will do so again this year.

[fishtank]

Don't forget to Work Your Proper Hours on Friday 22nd February 2008!

First rule of the copy&paste Dave....check the dates.
Ask Bob Gibson to do it next time.

[DGP1]

A number of turds in my office ignored the day last year, and will do so again this year.

I could ignore it but that would mean changing what I've been doing the past few years

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Don't forget to Work Your Proper Hours on Friday 22nd February 2008!

First rule of the copy&paste Dave....check the dates.
Ask Bob Gibson to do it next time.