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Variable hours on app

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scratted
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Variable hours on app

Post by scratted »

:cry

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Valentina@1
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Re: Variable hours on app

Post by Valentina@1 »

Noticed this also,anyone know exactly what this is?
Smoothbackground
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Re: Variable hours on app

Post by Smoothbackground »

I have it too. Something to do with SISO shift times and our compliance thereto?
funkflex55
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Re: Variable hours on app

Post by funkflex55 »

When you click authorised it pops up with overtime authorised for payment. So I guess this screen will eventually show any overtime done and whether it's authorised by our overlords.
A2B
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Re: Variable hours on app

Post by A2B »

funkflex55 wrote:
09 Apr 2025, 18:20
When you click authorised it pops up with overtime authorised for payment. So I guess this screen will eventually show any overtime done and whether it's authorised by our overlords.
Or banking hours for flexi time?
funkflex55
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Re: Variable hours on app

Post by funkflex55 »

A2B wrote:
09 Apr 2025, 18:22
funkflex55 wrote:
09 Apr 2025, 18:20
When you click authorised it pops up with overtime authorised for payment. So I guess this screen will eventually show any overtime done and whether it's authorised by our overlords.
Or banking hours for flexi time?
You don't want to bank anything with RM . They don't even like giving you holidays and getting a rest day you need isn't straightforward either. I can imagine having to ask 9 times for time owed.
A2B
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Re: Variable hours on app

Post by A2B »

No I wouldn't want to but it could be a possibility.
buchanpeter
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Re: Variable hours on app

Post by buchanpeter »

Sounds like banking hours. Late 1 day and early another and they cancel Ur OT. Just speculating though. Surely union wouldn't agree to that. It's left open for abuse 🤔
kazardaimenu
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Re: Variable hours on app

Post by kazardaimenu »

Maybe part of the new pay deal. They all wanted annualised hours last time round.
A2B
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Re: Variable hours on app

Post by A2B »

kazardaimenu wrote:
11 Apr 2025, 10:02
Maybe part of the new pay deal. They all wanted annualised hours last time round.
Can't be they haven't started pay talks yet ;liar :wink:
Woody Guthrie
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Re: Variable hours on app

Post by Woody Guthrie »

Apparently it's part of a trial that's going on somewhere.
It's not really supposed to be available to the rest of us which is why it keeps hiding itself when you open the app but you can still access it if you open the my information tab at the top of the page.

I don't like the look of it one bit.
Only dead fish follow the current
A2B
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Re: Variable hours on app

Post by A2B »

The question remains, what does it actually entail?
ted_e_bear
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Re: Variable hours on app

Post by ted_e_bear »

A2B wrote:
11 Apr 2025, 15:21
The question remains, what does it actually entail?
It looks to me as though it's going to show what overtime is authorised for payment in a weeks period, could they deduct any if you happened to finish early on a different day ?

If they're wanting to link pay to siso would this show that your overtime is approved if it's been agreed with a manager despite it not matching the time you actually took to do the work, for example two hours for some parcels but you got them done sooner, ie ghost overtime to coin the phrase ?
Woody Guthrie
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Re: Variable hours on app

Post by Woody Guthrie »

The simplest and most benign explanation is that it's just a personal record of authorised overtime.
Something positive that we could do with.

However I stand by my original statement
I don't like the look of it one bit.
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dazzler123
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Re: Variable hours on app

Post by dazzler123 »

sounds better than doing overtime and not getting paid for it, which happens regularly with us