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can royal mail force me to change my days off

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can royal mail force me to change my days off

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Our office has had it revision and for years as long as i can remember since 5 day week came in one week i work monday to friday then off sat,sun,mon then following week i work tuesday to saturday off sunday but been told by management i might have to go on a different day off pair week.
Seems unfair as way forward you suppose to have at least one in 4 saturdays off not one in 6 and why do i have to give my long weekend off as have big impact on my home life they dont force mail centre workers to give there weekends up.
Can they force me to make the change i very unhappy after 28 years.
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Way forward was 1 in 6,BT 2010 is min 1 in 4,you've had a revision which you should of voted on.
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Thats the crux of the matter (should have voted on). How many people are actually getting a vote, and how many are finding that their local rep has signed things off without even being consulted.
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The office voted to stay the same which meant they had a different day off pair week so why do i and other member of staff have to change we should stay the same like we always had.
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Do you get a day off during the week??
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one week i off saturday the following week off monday
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English...Gary can you tell us your days off for the next few weeks?
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Lincox wrote:Thats the crux of the matter (should have voted on). How many people are actually getting a vote, and how many are finding that their local rep has signed things off without even being consulted.
No vote here.
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Hitcher wrote:
Lincox wrote:Thats the crux of the matter (should have voted on). How many people are actually getting a vote, and how many are finding that their local rep has signed things off without even being consulted.
No vote here.
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garyinchester wrote:one week i off saturday the following week off monday
so thats normal
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So you get sat,mon,sat,mon...etc as your days off now? ie a long weekend every other week?
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I have the same days off every other week i have long weekend off every other weekend one week i work tuesday to saturday 5 days then off sunday.Then following week work monday to friday then off sat,sun,mon
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Post by slave »

Amazing how some have it good and others are still stuck on the same shite 6 week rotation with little hope of getting even 1 in 4 Saturdays off!

So, basically you've had it f***ing good for years, now you are joining the rest of us with a s**t rotation patern and you're having a grumble, ho hum, welcome back to the real world....
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Slave your very bitter i put 28 years service with royal mail and i have done naff shift patterns plus when first started there was no 5 day week had to work 6 days so dont have a go at me if you got naff duties.
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We had a vote last year and the office decided to stick with floating week off system. I did vote for Mon-Fri and Tues - Sat system so I get long weekend every 2 week. I vote for that as it give me more freedom to go away and don't need to work 48 hours a week which I dislike.