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Transfer..... Can you transfer with 35 hours

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Transfer..... Can you transfer with 35 hours

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Seen a few places looking for part time
But if u got 35 hours is it easier to transfer your 35 hour contract to different office or you gonna have go part time ?
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Re: Transfer..... Can you transfer with 35 hours

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You can't go to an office and take your 35 hrs if the job there is not for 35 hrs.
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Re: Transfer..... Can you transfer with 35 hours

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You can, if they have a 35 hour position open and you have more seniority than the next person in the office who’s next in line for FT hours.

When I transferred I had to drop from 37 hours to 30 because that’s the only vacancy they had, luckily for me within 4 months a full time position and duty became available and I had enough seniority to get it.
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Re: Transfer..... Can you transfer with 35 hours

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Sbutts8182 wrote:
08 Jun 2023, 21:41
You can, if they have a 35 hour position open and you have more seniority than the next person in the office who’s next in line for FT hours.

When I transferred I had to drop from 37 hours to 30 because that’s the only vacancy they had, luckily for me within 4 months a full time position and duty became available and I had enough seniority to get it.
That's another scenario that happens but shouldn't, it's in the way forward agreement that vacancies should be filled from within the office so someone should be offered extra hours before allowing a transfer in, it happens though much to the annoyance of existing staff who want to be made up.
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Re: Transfer..... Can you transfer with 35 hours

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I've known a guy who transferred into our office on a 37 hour contract and all the new starters were on 35 hour contracts so it can be done. Depends on the resourcing of the office you're going into.
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Re: Transfer..... Can you transfer with 35 hours

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If another office has a vacancy, same hours, and you would like to go there, what is the process? Do you need permission from your manager? Can he/she stop you?
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Re: Transfer..... Can you transfer with 35 hours

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moonjaguar wrote:
09 Jun 2023, 21:04
If another office has a vacancy, same hours, and you would like to go there, what is the process? Do you need permission from your manager? Can he/she stop you?
AFAIK if it's dealt with between the two managers then yours can resist the move, however if you officially applied to an advertised vacancy through success factors then they can't stop you going.