Can they make me do overtime?

My salaried contract says 'flexibility is required to meet the needs of the role'.
I read this as to do around 30 mins extra per day. I am never off sick.

I am currently underpaid for what I do, so I would not work a weekend. I can sit in my undies watching TV series on Sundays for nothing. I may do it once per year on rare occasion for a good reason.
If I was told I had to work a weekend as my name came out of a hat I would not be best pleased.

An important note:
Some employers try to get me to do more due to me being single with no kids, and a less active social life than most. When doing a warden job in an undergraduate hall I always did my overnight shifts without question, but one of the others frequently tried to give me her shifts so she could go out on the booze as I wasn't doing anything. I was doing something, I was playing BF3 on my night off.
 
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Seems entirely fair and reasonable to decline since you have undertaken the last few weekends. Perhaps suggesting a rota to senior managment if there is a contractual obligation to work overtime.
 
[TW]Sponge;25958435 said:
Yes mate, unfortunately I don't work in a shop so can't really make any comparison.



It is paid work yes, but hardly worth getting out of bed for. It's just under time and a half. Like I said, I usually do the overtime to boost the pay slip at the end of the month, but I have been doing quite a bit lately and I want this one off to watch the rugby!
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If you work in a shop they can make you.

This bit is for you if you DON'T work in a shop

A person can’t be made to work on Sundays unless they and their employer agree and put it in writing (eg change the contract).
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darkgen said:
Seems entirely fair and reasonable to decline since you have undertaken the last few weekends. Perhaps suggesting a rota to senior managment if there is a contractual obligation to work overtime.
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There is a rota, however, if a member of staff is off sick atall during the previous week, they are not allowed to do the overtime, so somebody else 'has' to cover.
 
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There is a rota, however, if a member of staff is off sick atall during the previous week, they are not allowed to do the overtime, so somebody else 'has' to cover.
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That makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. How on earth does management expect you to manage and arrange your personal life?
 
They can make him work Sunday if was normal working hours but this is overtime which they can't make you do more than what you deem as reasonable. Tell them your busy fapping over not working overtime
 
mattyg said:
Actually it makes perfect sense.

It stops people taking days of "sick" and then doing overtime to make up for the shortfall in their wages


EDIT: If thats the bit which makes no sense
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wouldnt sick pay make upo the shortfall?
 
I had a similar disagreement with my boss. I work in an industry that has to offer it's services all year, we get Xmas day, Boxing day and NE day off but have to "catch-up" which was done this year by working the following Saturdays.

Now I didn't have a problem with that in principle, only that (thanks to the Unions protecting the dinosaurs by screwing over new starters) it meant as a newbie I would be paid at time, whereas everyone else (who started prior to 2011) would be paid at 1.3333. I said that I had no issue being paid at time for the odd hour here or there but if we're all expected to work a full day's shift then I should get the same OT rate as everyone else.

Anyway, I managed to dig out my contract which explicitly stated that my working days were Monday to Friday, and hence there was no contractual obligation on my part to work any Saturday. He then agreed to pay me at 1.333 :D
 
mattyg said:
Source??
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Retail has special rules in regard to Sunday working but they can only make him work a sunday (with another day off in the week) as part of his contracted hours they can't demand he does overtime on a sunday any different to any other day.

OpenToSuggestions said:
I may do it once per year on rare occasion for a good reason.
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Thats something that really grinds - I walked out of my last job because I started volunteering to do the odd saturday in a situation where it was really needed due to people being off sick unexpectedly and next thing I know they are taking advantage of it, expecting me to it as a normal thing when I was putting myself to some inconvenience, got rid of someone because they thought they could put it all extra on me and save money - walked out and left them high and dry - with me and the person they'd got rid of gone they'd screwed themselves properly which I found quite satisfying.

(EDIT: To be a bit clearer one of the things that was happening was - once they realised I could do the job and they could get me in on a Saturday - they'd be lazy and not organise proper cover for it knowing/thinking if it came down to it they could just fallback on me - then expect me to come in at the last minute or even phone me Saturday during the day to come in).
 
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Rich1988 said:
every contract I have ever had stipulated "required to work reasonable extra hours as required" or similar, check your contract.
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Same here.

If the OP is being asked to work weekends on a regular basis or to work shifts, that's when HR should be discussing new contract terms and pay.
 
Blimey, some of you get it nice and cushy!

I do 12 hr shifts 3 on 3 off days and nights. So no extra pay at weekends, no additional pay for overtime etc, and in our contract, they can make us do 250hrs per year overtime as long as they give us 24 hours notice...

It's very rare they do it mind, they usually ask around before enforcing the hours, there's normally someone who wants the 12hrs pay...
 
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