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pestered by management whilst on holiday

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eastie
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pestered by management whilst on holiday

Post by eastie »

Ringing you and texting you during the week whilst on holiday asking if you can work on certain days during your time off.
Can they do this and secondly I didn't know you could work when you was off anyway
edbling
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Re: pestered by management whilst on holiday

Post by edbling »

loads of people in our office work ot whilst on leave
PostieSP1
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Re: pestered by management whilst on holiday

Post by PostieSP1 »

Our office for years have had people come in while on A/L and it's paid as overtime,iv'e done it a few times but won't anymore :Very Happy
slave
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Re: pestered by management whilst on holiday

Post by slave »

O/T on A/L - Seen it happen loads of times.

Personally I'd rather be short of cash than help them out of the s**t they got themselves into. I value my time away from the place!
Flashman_
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Re: pestered by management whilst on holiday

Post by Flashman_ »

I know of one guy who was pestered by his line manager while he was actually at his fathers funeral (on compassionate leave).
Godric
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Re: pestered by management whilst on holiday

Post by Godric »

eastie wrote:Ringing you and texting you during the week whilst on holiday asking if you can work on certain days during your time off.
Can they do this and secondly I didn't know you could work when you was off anyway
text them back with the message "away and take a flying f*ck to yourself ya lowlife cretin" .... that will stop them
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Cut Off King
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Re: pestered by management whilst on holiday

Post by Cut Off King »

Why the hell have they got your phone number ? :cuppa
celerycelery
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Re: pestered by management whilst on holiday

Post by celerycelery »

Loads at our place get paid for working annual leave week. It happens all over the country.
Pat Ostman
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Re: pestered by management whilst on holiday

Post by Pat Ostman »

I've seen people work paternity leave. :shock:
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UnhappyGremlin
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Re: pestered by management whilst on holiday

Post by UnhappyGremlin »

If my boss rung me whilst on A/L I'd file a complaint.
I'm on a weeks break from work, not interested in being contacted by them.
Sometimes, I wish I wasn't a Rep.
redneck
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Re: pestered by management whilst on holiday

Post by redneck »

I was told if you worked your annual leave and if anything went wrong you weren't insured to drive RM vehicles and the company would not defend you in any sort of claim for damage whilst on delivery?
IcanthelpthewayIam
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Re: pestered by management whilst on holiday

Post by IcanthelpthewayIam »

Jimmy Carr`s laugh wrote:You wouldnt even get OT you`d be given another day off in future, as you CANT work overtime when on leave.
Not true, You can work and get paid OT whilst on annual leave, it is against agreements that the CWU have with RM though but not illegal.
IcanthelpthewayIam
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Re: pestered by management whilst on holiday

Post by IcanthelpthewayIam »

redneck wrote:I was told if you worked your annual leave and if anything went wrong you weren't insured to drive RM vehicles and the company would not defend you in any sort of claim for damage whilst on delivery?
Not true, your covered by RM's employee liability insurance at all times whilst working for them, whether or not its your day off or on annual leave
bigcol
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Re: pestered by management whilst on holiday

Post by bigcol »

Can I go in whilst I'm off sick? :hmmmm
hampshireman
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Re: pestered by management whilst on holiday

Post by hampshireman »

zx135 wrote:
Jimmy Carr`s laugh wrote:You wouldnt even get OT you`d be given another day off in future, as you CANT work overtime when on leave.
Not true, You can work and get paid OT whilst on annual leave, it is against agreements that the CWU have with RM though but not illegal.
Not true. You cannot work OT or any other hours whilst on leave. You would have to give up the leave and have it later.