Shift allowance entitlement?

[Tokoloshe]

Just a quick query around my current working hours. My contract of many years at the same company states I do 8.5 hours flexi time between 8AM and 6PM.

A new manager has meant that over the past few months, a rota has been brought in that means we now have set 8AM starts one week, and set 6PM finishes the next, so a set shift pattern.

Doing these set hours isnt a massive issue but I wanted to find out whether as a result of moving onto a set shift there is any entitlement to a shift allowance, or because it doesnt involve any outside of standard 8AM - 6PM office hours, it isnt seen as a shift as such.

Cheers

[edc]

Tokoloshe said:

Just a quick query around my current working hours. My contract of many years at the same company states I do 8.5 hours flexi time between 8AM and 6PM.

A new manager has meant that over the past few months, a rota has been brought in that means we now have set 8AM starts one week, and set 6PM finishes the next, so a set shift pattern.

Doing these set hours isnt a massive issue but I wanted to find out whether as a result of moving onto a set shift there is any entitlement to a shift allowance, or because it doesnt involve any outside of standard 8AM - 6PM office hours, it isnt seen as a shift as such.

Cheers

By the sounds of it you are working as per your contract. Unless there is an express provision within your contract then there is no entitlement to any supplementary payment.

[bogie]

nope

shift allowances normally kick in, once you have shifts that cover outside normal hours ....so like 6am to 2pm and 2pm to 10pm

[spikeyhead]

Surely the only change to the OP is the loss of flexitime.

However, if you're working in a support department where there always needs to be someone available, just arrange it amongst yourselves and tell the new manage hwo it is going to be.