Hey there everyone, here for a bit of advice

Mooseman76 · Post by **Mooseman76** » 03 Mar 2018, 13:35

Hey there, I’m currently a postman of 18years but sadly a few years ago I had to go down hours to care for my disabled mother, management a currently trying to get all four of us on the same job share contracts on the one job share (shared van duty) here my problem there currently are three of us working the same three days the other two have more seniority, one won’t change due to child care the other won’t change due to days of booked around holidays, but genuinely can’t get care for mom on the proposed day changes one manager and another at another local office and union say I’m intitled to family friendly, but my Dom and another line manager say the must give me notice, I really don’t want to give my job up as it keeps me sane, thanks for any advice in advance

Post by **POSTMAN** » 04 Mar 2018, 00:03

Welcome, will move this to the union room.

rehabron · Post by **rehabron** » 04 Mar 2018, 10:07

Mooseman76 wrote:Hey there, I’m currently a postman of 18years but sadly a few years ago I had to go down hours to care for my disabled mother, management a currently trying to get all four of us on the same job share contracts on the one job share (shared van duty) here my problem there currently are three of us working the same three days the other two have more seniority, one won’t change due to child care the other won’t change due to days of booked around holidays, but genuinely can’t get care for mom on the proposed day changes one manager and another at another local office and union say I’m intitled to family friendly, but my Dom and another line manager say the must give me notice, I really don’t want to give my job up as it keeps me sane, thanks for any advice in advance

Are you the nominated driver in the van share?

The Postman · Post by **The Postman** » 04 Mar 2018, 11:26

Mooseman76 wrote:Hey there, I’m currently a postman of 18years but sadly a few years ago I had to go down hours to care for my disabled mother, management a currently trying to get all four of us on the same job share contracts on the one job share (shared van duty) here my problem there currently are three of us working the same three days the other two have more seniority, one won’t change due to child care the other won’t change due to days of booked around holidays, but genuinely can’t get care for mom on the proposed day changes one manager and another at another local office and union say I’m intitled to family friendly, but my Dom and another line manager say the must give me notice, I really don’t want to give my job up as it keeps me sane, thanks for any advice in advance

If they know the factors involved in you not being able to accept these changes before issuing you notice of the new contract couldn’t this be construed as constructive dismissal? Can anyone else clarify on this?