To attend work events on non-work days as a part timer?

[thornberet]

Title says it all really. I work 3 days a week, but I have been told that it is mandatory to attend evening work events that do not fall on my work days. We aren’t payed for this time but it does say in my contract that I am to attend work events. I never got a new contract after I went part time so this is on the basis of my full time one. Will I have to submit a flexible working request to get out of these events? Can they fire me for not attending?

You either get paid or time off in lieu.

Give ACAS a call they can advise you how to deal with this.

I think they offer that if you go to an event you can start 40 minutes later the next morning/working day. However this doesn’t nearly compensate for me travelling in on a non working evening and sorting childcare etc.

Is it in your contract? You should be paid or take toil for the duration.

I'd start by talking to them to see - it may be that they haven't thought through the fact that you don't work on those days.

Also worth contacting ACAS as someone said above.

Yes they know I don’t work those days as I have flagged it with them. The 40 minutes late start thing is a company wide policy but it doesn’t say in my contract that they are obliged to compensate for overtime.

I think you need a new contract for your part time working pattern surely, unless you've agreed a trial period for it?

But yes agree with pp, should be paid or toil for attending these events, as well as the later start the next day (you should get 11 hours rest between consecutive working days).