how legal is it for work to contact you on your days off/annual leave

GAC

GAC

GAC

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in short i finished this morning and shouldnt be back in until the 1st of april.

lo and behold i wake up at 440pm this evening and i have a text on my mobile from my manager stating i NEED to check my work email.

so i grumpily check it and find this.

GAC,

I have spoken to Ben and he would like you in ASAP. He has pencilled in Thursday morning.

Also, as of yet we do not have cover for your Saturday night shift and you did say to me that if any at the end of the month weren’t covered you would come in and cover it yourself (so you effectively get paid twice for the same shift) We covered all your other shifts earlier in the month on this understanding.

What time are you available Thursday morning please?
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now they want me in for a 1-1 which has been on the cards since feb but due to management being hopeless and me taking time off it hasnt happened yet.

last night when i got in work there was a email waiting asking about the 1-1 and i replied stating im off till april 1st come this morning.

as for the holidays i did say i would work them but wanted some notice if i was needed to. 3 days isnt notice tbh.

tried to phone ben at 450pm who is my managers manager and no answer so now i have to chase them up tomorrow.

so does anyone know how legal it is for this sort of out of work contact especially as im supposed to be on leave now. i remember reading something a month or two ago about a possible law change or something to make it illegal.
 
Like many of these things as the law stands right now a lot will depend on what is (and isn't) in your contract.

Don't think there is anything specific in employment law in regard to changing/cancelling days already booked as holiday but it would normally be considered reasonable to be given the same amount of notice as the amount required for booking the holiday - even if its only 1 day in a weeks holiday it would normally be considered reasonable to give a weeks notice (or more depending on your contact) to change that. (EDIT: However local agreement might supersede this if you verbally agreed to cover certain shifts if they couldn't find cover - I usually try and avoid making commitments like that as sadly many employers will just use it as an excuse not to bother finding cover :( ).
 
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well ben phoned me back and was very apologetic about it all, stating he had told my manager 2 weeks ago to sort it and was under the impression she was talking to me about it. as she leaves thursday he agreed with me its a case of her not really giving a monkeys as it wont be her problem.

but yeah i guess its time to start looking for a new job as the pays not great for doing nights to start with let alone the poor management adding to the general stress of it all.
 
Perhaps the management of it may improve if your line manager is leaving?

That said, if you have no great ties to the place it might be better for you to branch out. At least this Ben wasn't being a tool about it.
 
tbh I would say got plans sorry!!

They given you short notice and didnt bother to cover you as u said you didnt mind.
 
all valid suggestions. and tempting to do as i do have some cash for a quick get away :D

but for now il see what i get told tomorrow but il be out of this place sooner than later as iv had enough of it now, how long that will take is another thing living here in slap bang in the middle of nowhere.
 
Spooky - my manager (she) is leaving Thursday - but her boss isn't called Ben assuming you used a real name heh.
 
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