Work Issues

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I work in a department in which you have to work one Saturday in four (in contract). A new colleague joined the department and has said they are not working Saturdays due to childcare-which has apparently been accepted by management.

The majority of our team have children and childcare is a big issue for the Saturday working. We have never been offered the non working Saturdays and many of us have had to use paid leave to take the Saturdays off to facilitate childcare etc.
AIBU to think this is unfair to the rest of the department? Can this be escalated further?

Email your manager and copy in HR and say that you thought it was a requirement to work one in four and if that is no longer the case could your hours be looked at too

If she is replacing someone who was on the Saturday rota does that mean the rest of you have another Saturday to cover? If thats not the case then other than requesting fkexible working there is little you can do

This. And if this is the case, are management stepping in & covering the Saturday that isn’t now covered or is the expectation that it’s a one in three the rest of the team have to do? You can't all now be on the same contract if they don’t have to work the required one in four Saturdays.

Clearly her contract is different to yours as it can change from when you started. What you need to do is now put a flexible working request in to not work weekends and use the rules to help you. Get union advice

you can’t use the new person as a precedent as you don’t know what was agreed.

management will need to address the elephant in the room as this will cause drama without breaching confidentiality

Business needs can change as time goes on I guess. Perhaps they now have enough staff covering Saturdays. I do agree it seems unfair. You can only plead your own case.