Is this fair?

[KathH]

My manager (there are only her & myself in dept) has agreed with my boss that she will only work 2 days a week in school holidays. This is fine with me they've said I'll be running dept for 3 days. What work have told me today is that it means I cant take any of my holiday during school hols. I've got 4 children and obviously need to take some of my holiday over the school hols

No it's not fair. Are they mad?

Does restricting holiday constitute a change of contract? In which case doesn't it have to be agreed with you?

What does your manager say about it?

No it's not fair. What does your contract or staff handbook say about restrictions on holiday? Do other people have similar restrictions?

If suddenly putting these major restrictions on your holiday would effectively be a change to your terms and conditions, then they need your consent to do it.

can anyone help? have worked in london full-time for 20 years and have an 8 y-o boy who's at school. I work 10-5 everyday, with half an hour for lunch, but now want to cut my hours down to 4.30 as hubby was made redundant last year, but now has a new job with hours of 8-6 in the City. Ive spoken to friends who say that there shouldnt be any cut in salary but my bosses, who are great and very accommodating, want to cut my pay, but is this fair? My son goes to after-school club and is happy, which is the main priority, but are my employers correct? Thanks for your advice and love this site. Have a great weekend one and all.

fulltime so you want to reduce your hours by half an hour a day, yes? So instead of 6.5 hours a day, 32.5 hours a week, you want to work 6 hours a day, 30 hours a week?

Why would it not be fair to reduce your pay to reflect the reduction in your hours? If you were to keep your pay the same and reduce your hours that's effectively a pay rise, as your hourly rate would go up.

fulltime, can you start at 9.30 instead of 10. You would not have to cut your hours then and your pay could stay the same.