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AIBU to not sign this contract?

29 replies

shheeepp · 12/04/2024 17:38

Hi everyone,

Need some advice! I've taken up a part time job just to boost income a bit. Manager told me she'd need me to work 21 hours a week because of the shifts, it's a 18 hour contract. This I didn't mind at all, extra money for me at the end of the day. I told him it was fine.

Fast forward, I've just received my contract. It's from the company headquarters obviously and says

'You will be expected to work extra hours, unpaid, for the business and its requirements. This has already been considered when setting your basic pay'...

The pay is minimum wage? Surely that's illegal? So they want me to work 12 hours plus for free a month? I'm so confused and stressed.

AIBU to not sign this contract? And are they allowed to do this?

Thanks!

OP posts:
Grasshopper75 · 12/04/2024 17:43

Solid no, that can't be legal. Is it a small company?

ShortLivedComment · 12/04/2024 17:42

I'd cross that bit out then sign it.

Hipnotised · 12/04/2024 17:41

I'd be naming and shaming the company...and there's no way I'd sign that!

Technonan · 12/04/2024 17:40

Don't sign it. Are you a member of a union? If so, show it to them. Or try Citizen's Advice if you can make contact with them. I don't see how that's legal, but I am not a contract expert.