Duty Review

[demoralisedofessex]

Last year, after 24 years of working full time on the counter, I decided that the time had come to go part time.
I cut my hours from 35 to 23, which suits me just fine
However, now that redundancies and consequently duty reviews are the pipeline i am concerned that my net working hours will be altered.
In my office, we are supposed to be losing 18 hours - there isn't a duty that works these hours, so the manager thinks that they may offer redundancy to a full-timer and increase the part timers hours to cover the shortfall.
I've been told that POL can increase part-timers hours by up to 5 regardless of whether they want to work them or not

Before I start throwing my toys out of the pram, I want to make sure that i'm in possession of the full facts as we've been told 'porkies' before (suprise, suprise!)
Is there anyone out there who knows if POL would be able to do this, please?

Thanks!

[kitkat]

Sorry but Cosa states they can change duties up or down by upto 5 hours. This was done to all of us when they stopped paid lunches. Also a few years later my 25hr duty was changed to 28hrs to fit duty review.

[demoralisedofessex]

Sorry but Cosa states they can change duties up or down by upto 5 hours. This was done to all of us when they stopped paid lunches. Also a few years later my 25hr duty was changed to 28hrs to fit duty review.

Thanks, Kitkat - not what I wanted to hear but am not suprised
Makes you laugh, though - we have a WTL on avoiding stress and our health and well-being being paramount when all they do is stress us out in the name of 'service and efficiency'!!

[demoralisedofessex]

Just had a look through the COSA document that I found on the forum and I can't see anything at all about POL being able to increse/decrease part-timers hours......

[Blue8]

My original contract says they can change my hours by +or- 5

[The BFO]

I am not an expert, but I think I am correct in saying it depends on your individual Terms and Conditions of Employment. I suggest you read them. In all the years I have been around there have been a variety of fancy ideas over Part Time staff...

[demoralisedofessex]

I am not an expert, but I think I am correct in saying it depends on your individual Terms and Conditions of Employment. I suggest you read them. In all the years I have been around there have been a variety of fancy ideas over Part Time staff...

Thanks - will go and dig them out and have a look.
They're stored with the various Pension Statements from over the years, which poses another question - if we'd have bought our pension from a financial institution we could surely have had a case for mis-selling.......

[The BFO]

I sit here in my dotage reminiscing...

I once worked in an office with ten part-timers, and four full time members of staff. The Part Time contracted hours varied from 12 HPW to around 24. One of them had a 14 HPW contract, worked a weekly 'duty' of a single day of 8 hours, and did the balance as 'month end pressure'.

Nightmare.

[demoralisedofessex]

Think you've got a case of deja vu, BFO! - the writing's on the wall, me thinks......

Have checked my contract and it states that Royal Mail Group (?) can alter your hours by 5 (either up or down) if you joined the business AFTER 1997
So, on the face of it, it seems like i'm ok - won't hold my breath, though!

[Blue8]

I work 2 and a half days a week on a fixed duty but I have heard part timers will be used to cover lunches so 4 or 5 hours 5 days a week.
Then they only have to give you a tea break and they were talking about part timers being on a roration neither any good to me!!1