Employer wants to change working hours
Discussion
As above in the title, my current employer wants to change our departments working hours, part of improving the service we give.
As a department we currently work standard 9-5 hours, with a rota where I'm required to work some evenings, currently 1 a week.
The hours proposed are half the team does a morning shift, then a swap over period for the second half of the team to cover the evening, and extended our openings to Saturday's for a full day too.
My issue is I currently car share with my girlfriend and I won't be able to do this at all with the new hours (she works in another company less than half a mile away). This will have a big impact on our expenditure a month, rough calculations of £200 a month for fuel, wear and tear and parking charges, which is a tenth of our take home, and not ideal when we are expecting to buy our first house soon
Am I being unreasonable for not wanting to change my hours? Do I have any rights on the matter at all?
As a department we currently work standard 9-5 hours, with a rota where I'm required to work some evenings, currently 1 a week.
The hours proposed are half the team does a morning shift, then a swap over period for the second half of the team to cover the evening, and extended our openings to Saturday's for a full day too.
My issue is I currently car share with my girlfriend and I won't be able to do this at all with the new hours (she works in another company less than half a mile away). This will have a big impact on our expenditure a month, rough calculations of £200 a month for fuel, wear and tear and parking charges, which is a tenth of our take home, and not ideal when we are expecting to buy our first house soon
Am I being unreasonable for not wanting to change my hours? Do I have any rights on the matter at all?
Your travel arrangements are none of your employers concern and, pretty much, they can dictate your working hours to best fit the needs of the business.
You can always talk to your boss about the financial and personal impact this will have on you and stress that you want to stay in the job, but will find it difficult to continue without some additional compensation. Ultimately, however, they have the right to impose new working patterns on you and you have the right to find a new job if you don't like them
You can always talk to your boss about the financial and personal impact this will have on you and stress that you want to stay in the job, but will find it difficult to continue without some additional compensation. Ultimately, however, they have the right to impose new working patterns on you and you have the right to find a new job if you don't like them
I thought this would be the case, I will have to try and appeal to their better nature. If I leave my job now my chances of getting a mortgage are decreased, plus I've only been working in my field for 18 months, which again I could do with gaining as much knowledge and experience as I can from my current employers before I jump ship, bit of a catch 22 at the minute
Thanks for your help
Thanks for your help
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