Wez Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 Hey All, I know there are many warps of life on this forum so thought I would run something by you all. Myself and others in the team work 0900-1730 Mon-Fri as a normal day but then have an on-call rota which means we are on on-call from 1730-0900 Mon-Fri and all of Sat and Sun, ie 48hours on call, this is one week on one week off. We are paid an on-call allowance and then get overtime for each call we receive with min hour claimed but are expected to complete our normal working hours Mon-Fri. Some days we have no calls and other days we may get 2 hours broken sleep through the night while dealing with out of hours work. How does this work with UK Employment Law which states that all employees are entitled to an 11 hour rest period in 24hrs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest damo1 Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 not sure bud but when i worked at leeds commercials i was on call for a week at a time and i got calls out at stupid o clock but had to be at work at 8am.. but i got so pissed off with it that i went to citizens advice.. so i would go there mate.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitesupraboy2 Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 It depends on your contract, being on call i'm sure doesnt effect you having to be in for your working shift. As the 11 hour rest period is between your hours of work...i.e a 7hour day. I do exactly the same on call as you. mon - fri 5pm - 9am sat & sunday whole time and i expect there is alot of companies that do it as well, so i doubt it breaks any laws im afraid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseys Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 Ditto, it's not impacted, the 11 hours is counted outside of your core hours. Hope your workplace is flexible or allows working from home though? if I'm up 12-5am on a weekday I'm not expected in the office and can just log in sometime and do my job, there's got to be some common sense involved. Saying that they haven't adjusted our callout payment rates since 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted June 6, 2010 Author Share Posted June 6, 2010 Interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewen Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 I know there are many warps of life on this forum I dont think you realise how right you are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 Yup, same here... I'm on-call as are a few of my guys, but my view is, if you have done a late night due to a call, let me know (same with the ops guy), and someone else will cover the working day. Being realistic you don't want tired people working because they make more mistakes, common sense and a bit of flexibility I reckon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 I do on-call for another department to keep my hand in and don't get any kind of relief the next day if I'm up all night. I have worked through until 4:30am in the past after a 6am start the previous day and I'm still expected in the office at 8:30am. I'm not formally contracted for it though so maybe that lets them get away with it, on the flipside I guess it also means I could just refuse but the money is nice when you get those weeks where you are just paid to sleep. Out of interest what sort of stand-by rates do you folks get? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockys96 Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 dont get me started on this, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted June 7, 2010 Author Share Posted June 7, 2010 As the 11 hour rest period is between your hours of work...i.e a 7hour day. aren't working hours defined by your availibility to be at the desposal of your employer, therefore covering on-call. Certainly in my role I am unable to go about my normal life while covering, the difference is that I am not sat at my desk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted June 7, 2010 Author Share Posted June 7, 2010 dont get me started on this, tell me about it, I have been support like this for as long as I can remember, pays the bills though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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