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Posted By Simon Ward
Can anyone help? The contracted working hours for most of our male staff is 8:00 - 5:30 with a 30 minute lunch and a 5:00 finish on Fridays, giving a basic working week of 44 1/2 hours (the female employees work significantly shorter hours). It has been suggested by a number of employees that these working hours are too long. I know that they are not in contravention of the Working Time Regulations, but they seem to be longer than those of most similar sector organisations. What I am trying to find out is if there is any guidance on what constitutes reasonable working hours as opposed to the maximum allowed by law. Any pointers will be greatly appreciated.
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Posted By David Brede
Simon,
What happens in other organisations in your business sector? Are the hours worked (and for that matter any other t's and c's) different in your organisation.
I would have thought that if female employees have different hours of work for similar or same work then you have a case for discrimination.
However if you are hourly paid then you may feel any consequences in your pocket if you are not shrewd in your negotiating!
David
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Posted By Stephen J W Clegg.
Why do the women work different hours to the men???
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Posted By Simon Ward
Good question. It would appear that a precedent was set when the first female member of staff was taken on. She negotiated shorter hours and it has been unrealistic to expect other female workers taken on since then, to work longer hours.
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