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seriousone · 11/01/2012 17:01

have name changed on this as i get a felling ill be flamed!!!, also unsure how to word this so bear with me.
I work in an env that requires us to do shifts, no set ones so differing every week but they do include weekends/nights/late/early, now some people have flexible working/set shifts dependant on their family situation i donot have this but ive started to reliase that for those that dont havbe a flexible working aggregement the person who does the rota is extremly unfair to them!for example i have requested verbally on many times that i be allowed to do late shifts and perhaps those that have children or would prefer it be allowed by mutual aggrement be allowed to do the early(i have terrible insominia/slepping problems) so doing a late shift for me is better and i would quite happily do this however person in charge says we all have to do our fair share of all shifts. Now there is also another person that works here without a flexible aggrement but is allowed without fail to work same nights every week and because they have done so for so long they are given these shifts which therfore makes others lose out because they are getting a higher payrate for this .Im wondering if there is anything i can do to challenge this as people have asked but we are told that everyone(except those with flexible working) has to do fare share of shifts but this is not happening, i do not want to cause trouble at work but it is very unfair and unfortenlty i am not able(nor would i get flexible shifts), dont want to give too much away as i dont want to idenitfy myself but thanks for reading and anyone who wishes can private reply, many thanks

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seriousone · 11/01/2012 18:46

BUMP PLEASE

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seriousone · 12/01/2012 09:08

bump

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StillSquiffy · 12/01/2012 09:30

Absolutely nothing, really, that you can do.

If people have primary childcare responsibilities and have been given flex rights, the company cannot then reverse them so those without those rights have to then share what's left. The only way to avoid that is to request flexi rights yourself (if you are a primary carer).

Someone else is then getting their pick of what's left, because that person is valued more than the others. The only way to change that is to also become highly valued, and that's down to you. You need to put in the legwork and show the loyalty to move up the favoured ladder. You would only have grounds for complaint if you feel you can prove that you are being discriminated against because of gender, age, sex etc (relative to others like you who are not on flexi working).

These days it is no longer about equality (treating everyone the same), it is about diversity (enabling, and accounting for, differences such that people are able to perform to the best of their own abilities). There will always be winners and losers in the situation you describe, and the HR trick is to ensure that different payscales for 'unsociable' hours are set at levels that generally manage to match the supply/demand of staff. It is very difficult to keep that in balance all the time.

If you wanted to challenge it, you may have grounds for complaining that you are being discriminated against on grounds of age (assuming favoured worker has been there years), but this would be a hard one to prove, as they would counter (for example) that she is there because she performs well or has established a precedent for doing those hours or has the lowest sick record or a dozen other reasons...

seriousone · 12/01/2012 11:41

i hear what you are saying still squiffy however not all this counts in this situation as I HAVE the lowest sick record there, however from what you are saying there is not much i can do about it just put up and shut up

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