Change to contract hours

[Bobbyh]

Is it correct that contracts issued after a certain date are open to your working hours being changed at the discretion of the DOM?

I’m not sure if it is contracts issued since RM were privatised but my union rep has said the newer contracts ( not the present day ones inclusive of Sundays but pre 2019 when I joined) are open to working between 6-1800).

My contract states my actual working hours, yet the union rep sais that as it’s a newer contract the working hours can be changed ( even though there is no mention in contract that my working hours are subject to change).

I am curious to know if the union rep is correct and if so, was it after privatisation that the contracts changed .

[ArthurPewty]

As far as I understand it, that's YOUR contract that YOU signed with Royal Mail, and anything that anyone else has signed before or since is irrelevant. Until you sign a new contract nothing changes. If the DOM tries to change your hours and your rep backs him, get advice from higher up the union chain, don't agree to anything without proper advice from them.

[SpacePhoenix]

I would have thought that everyone's contracts will have change a little over time, with things like the SWW, etc. Without digging it out, I think mine states the number of hours per week, which obviously is now different from the actual hours per week

[burton76]

You are contracted to do what it says in your contract.

If it says you can be asked to work between 6-18.00 then you can, if it doesn't they need to give you 12 week's notice to change your contract and seek your agreement.
They'll tell you whatever suits their operation, union included.

[Bobbyh]

Thanks to everyone who has replied

[weary_posty]

Is it not the case that agreeing to the new deal rewrote our contracts?

After all, if I followed the contract I signed when I started I’d be earning £200 a week and starting at 04:30 everyday

[burton76]

I don't think so. Contracts aren't organised on mass like that.

If you think it did, I'd request a written contract to find out.