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22 Jun 2006, 01:37
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How do you interpret this?
Your normal working hours are 34 per week, (Monday to Sunday) during peak times of business. You may also be required to work a minimum of additional hours.
Well?
P.S. This is a wee bit important. Thanks.
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22 Jun 2006, 01:48
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Beoyotch
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Re: How do you interpret this?
Could mean during back to school season and Christmas season you get the 34 hours a week, and the other 7 months of the year you struggle to get 15 hours a week. With the potential for getting a few extra hours doing overnights, and such. Thats essentially what my part-time retail job is like
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22 Jun 2006, 02:06
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Re: How do you interpret this?
Seems to me like you will be always working 34 hours a weeks but may also have to work extra hours as needed during peak times of the year. Kinda like a part time job but working the maximum hours as a part-timer to keep you from getting full time benefits.
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22 Jun 2006, 06:14
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Re: How do you interpret this?
I know this seems obvious, but you could just ask them to clarify what that means.
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22 Jun 2006, 07:52
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Re: How do you interpret this?
your normal working week is 34 hours, however, occationally, at the discretion of your manager, you may be asked to do more to cover sickness/events/after closing stock checks/vacancies etc
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22 Jun 2006, 07:54
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Re: How do you interpret this?
I interpret this as meaning that some people are bad at drafting contracts.
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22 Jun 2006, 08:02
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Re: How do you interpret this?
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You may also be required to work a minimum of additional hours.
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That doesn't make sense to me.
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22 Jun 2006, 08:05
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Re: How do you interpret this?
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That doesn't make sense to me.
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22 Jun 2006, 08:06
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Re: How do you interpret this?
it looks like there should have been a space after 'of' for a number to be fileld in :|
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22 Jun 2006, 08:45
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Re: How do you interpret this?
So does this mean I can refuse to do additional hours?
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22 Jun 2006, 09:05
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Re: How do you interpret this?
It depends on what they mean by 'may' and 'minimum'. They're either cunning little ****s trying to set ambigious statements that can be interpreted to their benefit or just stupid, if thats how its worded in the document that is. You can't really tell what you can and can't refuse from that.
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22 Jun 2006, 09:35
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Re: How do you interpret this?
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Your normal working hours are 34 per week, (Monday to Sunday) during peak times of business. You may also be required to work a minimum of additional hours.
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If they're busy, you're going to get a sick number of hours, 34 plus and get shafted. If they're not busy you'll get no hours and get shafted. Most people seemed to miss the "during peak times of business" clause. It's not exactly clear though, do working hour contracts come with a definition of "minimum"?
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22 Jun 2006, 10:05
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Re: How do you interpret this?
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Originally Posted by Blastoderm
Your normal working hours are 34 per week, (Monday to Sunday) during peak times of business. You may also be required to work a minimum of additional hours.
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From how i read it, this covers working for 12 hours a week (the 34 hours are during "peak times of business") just like it "may" cover working for 48 or 60 hours ("required" to work a "minimum" of "additional") as they prefer it. Im not sure if such a completely vague clause is legal wherever you life, but it certainly isnt in your favor
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22 Jun 2006, 10:44
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Re: How do you interpret this?
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Originally Posted by Blastoderm
Your normal working hours are 34 per week, (Monday to Sunday)
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This is one's clear.
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during peak time of business
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I take this to be referring that the hours you're supposed to work each day, is during the 'peak time of business' and not to interfere with the 'normal workweek is 34 hours' clause. In other words, they won't be employing you in the morning when everybody's just goofing of because there's very few customers.
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You may also be required to work a minimum of additional hours.
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'A minimum' is just a silly expression for 'few' that stupid people who're trying to write contract'ish use. In other words, they're not expecting you to work much overtime, but they're keeping their options open.
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22 Jun 2006, 10:47
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Re: How do you interpret this?
Surely it'd be easier to write "not more than six hours in a standard week"?
I'm remembering now why I don't usually bother reading contracts
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22 Jun 2006, 11:02
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Re: How do you interpret this?
It's a rubbish clause whch valid or invalid doesn't really help the employee at all.
Basically if they see fit (e.g. it's quiet, or worse they want you out but can't find a way to sack you so want to 'persuade' you), they can nail your hours or book you in for hours of overtime.
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22 Jun 2006, 15:03
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Re: How do you interpret this?
Sounds to me like they've missed out a number before "additional hours" and someone botched the contract.
Either that or they aren't very good at English innit
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22 Jun 2006, 15:51
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Re: How do you interpret this?
The "during peak times of business" part suggests to me thats just limiting the times you will work in the day ie if its an office job problem 9-5, if its retail probally more like 9-9. So your working for 34 hours split over the week however they see fit but not outside certain hours.
As others have said I think the additional hours thing probally required a number to be put in. Id assume if theres no number put in then it means you arent required to do any overtime but I would claifiy it with the employer if I was you
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22 Jun 2006, 18:28
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Re: How do you interpret this?
looks like the original version said something like
'required to work a minimum of 6 additional hours'
meaning that if they want they can make you work a full 40 hours a week, but you could refuse after that.
but that they later changed their mind and meant to say, simply, "you may be required to work additional hours".
In practice, if that is a contract that has been signed, the employer is ****ed because the actual meaning of that sentence is that they can require you to not work more than x hours past the 34, which isn't what they want at all.
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