aircobra19
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...Is there any way of approaching an employer with the unfairness of it? ...
..........have been advised that I have to have the work done before I go. ....
The thing is that by law (regulation) my work has to be done by a certain date so there is nothing that can be left without falling behind and then basically breaking the law.
Nope. We are on salary so hours worked are irrelevant.
The working time act stipulates that no more than 48 hours can be worked, on average, each week. This is enough of a restriction on our right to freely choose how and when we work without restricting it to 39 hours!Surely hours worked is very relevant. Is 39 not the maximum number of hours you are permitted by law?
Can you not just go up and ask them? Wheres the difficulty here?
Is it possible to split you work up as follows:
- day to day: some one else should cover this when you are on hols
- Essential reports: these will have to be done either before you go or when you come back
- Non essential reports (you know the type that managers like to have but the world won't stop if they don't!): can they do without these for the 2 weeks?
you dont work in an insurance brkerage do you??
Yes I do and am responsible for renewals, reminders, returns and claim cheques so it is heavily regulated and I am tied to a strict deadline.
Im afraid this is an industry wide problem - ...
....the nature of the work is that you keep an eye on how certain things are progressing (e.g a claim) and you may loose track if somebody else initiates / takes over a body of work.
Difficulty is that they do not think they are asking too much of me in order for this to be done and when I say it is unfair and I am unable to do it I am looked upon as lazy and unco-operative and made to feel as though I am being unreasonable as "everyone else has to do it".
What does that mean? Who advised?
My branch manager and my HR manager.
What happens if you say no can't do it? or no your not willing to do it?
As I said above it would not be accepted and I would be made out to be inefficient.
you dont work in an insurance brkerage do you??
Yes I do and am responsible for renewals, reminders, returns and claim cheques so it is heavily regulated and I am tied to a strict deadline.
Any half decent computerised system could manage issues like that. Thats what they are for. If some one is not willing to put one in place then obviously thats it own message.
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