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Reducing Hours

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Wuku
EX ROYAL MAIL
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Reducing Hours

Post by Wuku »

I'm considering reducing my hours, from full time to 4 days a week if possible, for personnel reasons.
We have no buy back of hours in place as far as I know, in fact we are understaffed.
What would be the pitfalls of doing this? I'm in my mid 40's and have over 25 years service. How would this affect my pension? What if I want to go back to full time at some point? Does it make any difference to seniority? Any reasons that it may be a bad idea?
Thanks for any advice!
olilew
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Re: Reducing Hours

Post by olilew »

It's highly likely that you would never get full time again!
"Just take it out and see how you go......."
RobertT
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Re: Reducing Hours

Post by RobertT »

Wuku wrote: How would this affect my pension?
You’ll be working less hours and therefore building up less pension.
What if I want to go back to full time at some point?
Probably not much chance of that.
Does it make any difference to seniority?
No.
Links to all RM pension related websites are here
Wuku
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Re: Reducing Hours

Post by Wuku »

Ok, thanks.
Rory
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Re: Reducing Hours

Post by Rory »

In a resign couldn't a senior man of 25 years just pick a full time duty though?
aposter
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Re: Reducing Hours

Post by aposter »

Rory wrote:In a resign couldn't a senior man of 25 years just pick a full time duty though?
No, not on full time hours if they where p/t.