pay cut issue: managers will not longer get T1.5 for Sundays. Is this legal?

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Hi

Last week my employer announced due to the economy all assistant managers & general managers in the business had to take a pay cut and would no longer be paid time and half for Sundays. Is this legal or can i object to this?

The reason being that when this goes ahead a staff member on our minimum rate will be paid €3 per hour more than me for working on Sundays and a staff member on our highest rate will be paid €6 more.

I don't know what to do say noting and work as a manager for less than my employee or speak up and risk getting fired?

any advice appreciated.
 
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hi aj

We have no trade unions the company don't recognise them.
 
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Whats in your contract regarding sundays.

Employer under no obligation to pay you higher rate on Sundays, but as you were previously paid, could allow time off etc ...

Cutting your pay can only be done with your consent, cannot be done unilaterally.
 
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crumdub12 said:
Employer under no obligation to pay you higher rate on Sundays, but as you were previously paid, could allow time off etc ...
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Isn't there a legal obligation for double-time on Sundays in the hospitality industry?
 
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Complainer said:
Isn't there a legal obligation for double-time on Sundays in the hospitality industry?
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Complainer,

Not to my knowledge, unless specified in contract OT is not mandatory for employers.

If you have "work on sunday" in your contract (An example, Dublin Bus trying to agree with Unions this at present) you may get flat rate or another agreed sum.

(DB will pay 5 days work for 4 days, saturday at normal, Sunday double, this will include Nitelinks)

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/c...hts-and-conditions/hours-of-work/working_week

Sunday working


If you do Sunday work your entitlement to extra pay may be agreed between you and your employer. Under the Organisation of Working Time Act, if there is no agreement about your pay, your employer must give you one or more of the following for Sunday working:
  • A reasonable allowance
  • A reasonable pay increase
  • Reasonable paid time off work
What is reasonable depends on all the circumstances. It is a matter for negotiation between you and your employer and, where applicable, your trade union. Some guidance may be obtained by referring, where possible, to an agreement applying to comparable employees elsewhere in similar employment. The Labour Relations Commission has published a Code of Practice for Sunday working in the Retail Trade (pdf).
Under the Organisation of Working Time (Records) (Prescribed Form and Exemptions) Regulations 2001, your employer is required to keep detailed records of your working hours.
Overtime

Overtime is work done outside normal working hours. There is no statutory obligation on employers in Ireland to pay employees higher rates, for example, double time, for work completed in overtime. You must, however, receive at the very least your normal hourly rate of pay for overtime. Certain sectors of employment are covered by Employment Regulation Orders and Registered Employment Agreements which may have higher rates of pay for overtime.
How to apply
 
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From [broken link removed]
The government was urged by deputies to renegotiate Sunday working pay rates in restaurants, pubs and hotels as a matter of urgency. The Sunday rate is time and one-third in the Dublin area, and double time in the rest of the country.
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Re: pay cut issue

Hi Redcard,

What industry are you in? Is it the hospitality industry? or perhaps its the retail industry?

aj
 
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