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A2B
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by A2B » 24 Jul 2026, 23:39
goldy2007 wrote: ↑ 24 Jul 2026, 23:34
We go live on 17th with that pattern
Sorry, which pattern?
Are you working really long days?
goldy2007
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by goldy2007 » 25 Jul 2026, 00:07
A2B wrote: ↑ 24 Jul 2026, 23:39
goldy2007 wrote: ↑ 24 Jul 2026, 23:34
We go live on 17th with that pattern
Sorry, which pattern?
Are you working really long days?
We currently work the wallington 1 in 6 which I think you are on now
Under dm26 we go to the pattern I described above
Which is
week 1 mon - sat
Week2 mon - sat
Week3 mon - sat
Week 4 mon- Fri ( sat off )
Week 5 off
Individual work days are
Mon 8 hrs
Tue 8 hrs
We’d 8hrs 30 mins
Thur 8 hrs
Fri 8 hrs
Sat 7hrs 40 mins
We go live on 17th aug
ted_e_bear
Posts: 4073 Joined: 03 Sep 2012, 19:37
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by ted_e_bear » 25 Jul 2026, 06:33
goldy2007 wrote: ↑ 25 Jul 2026, 00:07
A2B wrote: ↑ 24 Jul 2026, 23:39
goldy2007 wrote: ↑ 24 Jul 2026, 23:34
We go live on 17th with that pattern
Sorry, which pattern?
Are you working really long days?
We currently work the wallington 1 in 6 which I think you are on now
Under dm26 we go to the pattern I described above
Which is
week 1 mon - sat
Week2 mon - sat
Week3 mon - sat
Week 4 mon- Fri ( sat off )
Week 5 off
Individual work days are
Mon 8 hrs
Tue 8 hrs
We’d 8hrs 30 mins
Thur 8 hrs
Fri 8 hrs
Sat 7hrs 40 mins
We go live on 17th aug
I get it now, the DM26 Wallington is better as you only have a 5 week cycle as opposed to 6, I've found this in the cwu ltbs if it helps anyone
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A2B
Posts: 2010 Joined: 25 Feb 2009, 19:34
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by A2B » 25 Jul 2026, 06:51
Glad you found that because I couldn't work out what was going on, very interested in that schedule
mailcom
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by mailcom » 27 Jul 2026, 19:25
That's over a 48 hour week, so will they take 48 hours off your leave, that would only give about 4.5 weeks leave
ted_e_bear
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by ted_e_bear » 27 Jul 2026, 19:31
mailcom wrote: ↑ 27 Jul 2026, 19:25
That's over a 48 hour week, so will they take 48 hours off your leave, that would only give about 4.5 weeks leave
That's what I thought, hopefully a week off will fall on a bank holiday week so a lieu days worth of hours will help or you could book a week off when you're due an extra Saturday off which will only use about 40 hours albeit that's a bit of a waste of the shorter week.
goldy2007
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by goldy2007 » 27 Jul 2026, 22:45
mailcom wrote: ↑ 27 Jul 2026, 19:25
That's over a 48 hour week, so will they take 48 hours off your leave, that would only give about 4.5 weeks leave
Think that is the same for us now on the existing 1in 6 shift pattern
So no change
Barrybarry
Posts: 37 Joined: 16 Apr 2023, 08:42
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by Barrybarry » 29 Jul 2026, 10:00
Always thought it was wrong working 46 hr getting paid for 37
So what’s being done about it do they get yearly payments now ? Or extra £30 a week for doing wellingtons !