Does my company have to honour my hours after a re-structure?

[MagicAlwaysLeadsToTrouble]

Hi

Hopeful someone can offer me some advice. I currently work for a Local Authority and there is a county wide restructure about to take place.

I currently am contracted to 21.6 hours per week (which is 3 days), but ever since I got the job (almost 2 years ago) I have worked these hours over 5 days. Which roughly equates to 10-2 each day.

I have been told we will be redeployed, I assume the council will have to honour my contracted hours, but will they have to honour the weekly spilt I currently have?

My team is being removed so my new job would be in a new team/area.

I am in a union and have contacted them for advice also, but wondered if anyone had been through similar?

How long until you've been there 2 years?

Annoyingly it’s another 2.5 months

Are you being made redundant and redeployed? They won't have to honour anything in that instance, not even your hours.

If it's a county wide restructure the union should be heavily involved. Is it unison? Make sure you push for support from them and understand exactly what is happening.

Definitely not being made redundant, they have said they will still employ us all, just in different teams.

And yes unison, I emailed them today and hopefully they will reply soon. Timing is, needless to say, pretty crap.

If they are restructuring, they don't have to honour anything I'm afraid as they can just change your job to one with lesser hours.

So it depends what they have agreed with you over and above their minimal legal obligations, which no one on the internet can tell you without further information.

It depends on your contract. Mine specifies the number of hours I work but clearly outlines this is subject to agreement within the hours of 8am-8pm Mon-Fri. So for example my company could change my shifts to fall any times within that boundary but no Saturdays or Sunday's. It's not perfect protection when I rely on my shifts to fall in line with my childcare arrangements but it's far better than some colleagues.

Check what your contract says and you'll be better prepared for might come next.

As a general rule of thumb they can't change your contract without agreement from you, but often in these cases not accepting the revised T&Cs is classed as resignation so keep a record of everything they send, make sure your union rep is in any personal meetings and make sure your union is providing regular updates.

Best of luck