Employer changing working week

[Resident]

My employer has decided that they want the working week to run Sun-Sat instead of Mon-Sun because another location runs this way and it'd make it easier apparently.

They've informed us of this a week ago and this is to happened this week. To compensate for the lost day staff are expected to lose a day off and as compensation will be paid the equivalent of one day's pay.

Everyone is extremely annoyed at this and management have just said tough doo doo.

Surely changing the working week means a contractual change and therefore cannot be done without consent on both sides?

Furthermore the contract specifies working 5 of 7 in each week so despite one week being shortened to 6 on their side employees shouldn't lose a day off right?

 

[Resident]

Right some clarification.

Those of the staff who's day off is Sunday is losing the Sunday of the change.

Those that have mid days off aren't losing a day off. They're getting the paid day off AND a normal day off.

Those that have Sunday off are only getting the paid day off so working one more day that the rest because that Sunday is now start not end of the week yet getting no compensation for that loss.

Personally it affects me as my days off are not just days off, they are my recovery days. I have M.E. however I continue to work as I refuse to give in to it. That lost recovery day will impact my health, a point I have tried to argue and met deaf ears.

The paid day off is "compensation for the loss of a WORKING day" not a lost day off.

It also affects upcoming holidays, which were booked against the old working week so we are being expected to move our holidays one day back so we can return to work on the Sunday.
Some staff booked flights etc to return to the UK on Sunday.

This will affect holidays booked right up until end of March when the new holiday year starts in April.

 

[Resident]

So you normally don't work Sundays but are having to work this Sunday due to the change (or last Sunday, whichever it is)?

I'm not working Sunday however as part of the change it's being counted as my day off on the following new week

Old week is week 17 and now runs Mon-Sat
New week is week 18 and now runs Sun-Sat.

Prior to the change in week 17 I have Friday and Sunday.

The change moves Sunday to the following week (18) and in Week 18 I have Sunday and Tuesday off.

 

[Resident]

I'm at the conclusion that the OP hasn't practically lost any days off at all, it's just the labelling of it causing confusion as currently it's:

Week 17 - 1 day off,
Week 18 - 2 days off, etc.

Yes. Normally I get one in the week and Sunday except for 1 Sunday in 6, which I worked yesterday

Prior to the change it was as follows

Fri off, Sun off w17
Tue off Sunday off w18

Now

W17 only Friday off
W18 sun then tue
W19 sun then whatever day in the week

 

[Resident]

To update:

I spoke with someone ABOVE the middle manager who was in charge of this and put my case forward.

In that conversation the plan sent to the MM was for anyone who has Sundays off to get either Tues/Wed off in W17 plus the paid day off. He spoke with the MM and it was claimed "a miscommuncation" was the issue and now, everyone, including myself now has the corrected schedule.

The paid day off was to replace a 'working day lost by having a 6 day week'.

 

[Resident]

I have tried to understand this thread and it is making my head hurt.

@Resident With your update, what is the corrected schedule? So back to how it was at the start? And the annoyance was down to the working week shifted = having a different day off?

In a nutshell the working week is changing. The manager put in charge was told to remove a working day not a rest day & pay everyone a full day for the loss of that day.

That manager chose to remove Sunday from the shortened week but did not adjust for those that were not working that Sunday by moving that rest day earlier in the week. Upper management wanted everyone in that week to work 4, off 2, paid 5.

Rather than admit his screw up he tried to tell everyone who had lost the Sunday that's the way it was.