Part time overtime advice please.

[polar bear]

Hi
I'm on a 30 hr contract and start at 8:00. I've been asked to start at 6:00 for Xmas to help out. By my calculations that's 2hours a day extra but my manager is only paying me 1hour 48 mins. I take it he is basing this on a 37.5 hour week. Yet I thought the full time staff were on a 40 hour week?
Any advice would be very welcome

[weary_posty]

Easy, just start at 6.12am.

If you're wanted to start 2hrs earlier they should be paying you for 2hrs

[CAMPINGBLUNDERER]

We are on 7:48 days ( no longs and shorts ) so 39 hrs a week.

If I remember correctly after the last agreement (2010 ?) the working week was reduced by an hour, but no reduction in weekly pay.

[IcanthelpthewayIam]

best advice ask him why you are only getting paid the 1hr48, it should be 2 hours extra pay, he may just be making a mistake and thinking that you are now working same as ft staff which start at 6 and work a 7hr48 min day, and forgetting to tell you that your finish time will be 12 minutes less

also now your working a full day dont forget your entitled to a full 40 minute break now, not just 30 minutes