Council strikes this year?

BeachBum · Post by **BeachBum** » 09 Mar 2009, 13:06

Im lucky in the respect that I have plenty overtime each week but its not really the point. I took this job, which was advertised as a 37 hour a week post, and now its being cut.

seashell · Post by **seashell** » 09 Mar 2009, 13:50

BeachBum wrote:Im lucky in the respect that I have plenty overtime each week but its not really the point. I took this job, which was advertised as a 37 hour a week post, and now its being cut.

what reason have they given for cutting the hours? Does your pay remain the same?

Pal of Porty · Post by **Pal of Porty** » 09 Mar 2009, 13:50

Epykat wrote:And apparently my working week will go up by something ridiculous like 5 minutes

Just time for an extra Twix

xx

BeachBum · Post by **BeachBum** » 09 Mar 2009, 17:03

seashell wrote:
BeachBum wrote:Im lucky in the respect that I have plenty overtime each week but its not really the point. I took this job, which was advertised as a 37 hour a week post, and now its being cut.
what reason have they given for cutting the hours? Does your pay remain the same?

The standard working week for the council will be 36 accross the Council regardless of Department, Division or unit with the only exceptions being shift workers. (cant speak for teachers as sometimes they differ in terms of pay conditions etc;)

seashell · Post by **seashell** » 09 Mar 2009, 17:07

How nice to have a cut in hours - as long as your pay isn't affected. I certainly wouldn't object to that...

BeachBum · Post by **BeachBum** » 09 Mar 2009, 18:37

seashell wrote:How nice to have a cut in hours - as long as your pay isn't affected. I certainly wouldn't object to that...

Ofcourse your pay is affected. In my case my standard working week is being cut. Pay protection is only for three years. What happens after that? A reduction in real terms.

Mind you, no that I really give a s**t.

seashell · Post by **seashell** » 10 Mar 2009, 09:40

BeachBum wrote: Ofcourse your pay is affected. In my case my standard working week is being cut. Pay protection is only for three years. What happens after that? A reduction in real terms.

How was I supposed to know that? I asked before if your pay was affected and you didn't say a dickyy bird. So the obvious assumption is that it is not.

And it still isn't clear what is happening . No pay cut for 3 years then, despite working 1/2 day less each month? That doesn't seem too bad a deal to me.

BeachBum · Post by **BeachBum** » 10 Mar 2009, 09:59

seashell wrote:How was I supposed to know that? I asked before if your pay was affected and you didn't say a dickyy bird. So the obvious assumption is that it is not.

And it still isn't clear what is happening . No pay cut for 3 years then, despite working 1/2 day less each month? That doesn't seem too bad a deal to me.

Then ofcourse there is the withdrawl of bonus schemes. The service I work for will be affected by that which will amount to a pay cut of around £3000 per year, with pay protection for only 3 years. There will be others worse off than me ofcourse.

Then there is the public holidays, with the exception of Christmas & new year holidays, the public holiday allocation will be added into your annual leave for taking any time rather than on prescribed days. Sounds fine, but I qualify for time + double time on public holidays, so we will loose that. Alot of people accross my service will be affected.

seashell · Post by **seashell** » 10 Mar 2009, 10:50

BeachBum wrote:Then there is the public holidays, with the exception of Christmas & new year holidays, the public holiday allocation will be added into your annual leave for taking any time rather than on prescribed days. Sounds fine, but I qualify for time + double time on public holidays, so we will loose that. Alot of people accross my service will be affected.

That's what happens in parts of the Civil Service - like RoS where I work. It means you have added flexibility regarding leave.

I suppose the Council has to make economies in order to keep our Council Tax down. Sorry - but I'm all for that!

BeachBum · Post by **BeachBum** » 10 Mar 2009, 14:37

seashell wrote:That's what happens in parts of the Civil Service - like RoS where I work. It means you have added flexibility regarding leave.

I suppose the Council has to make economies in order to keep our Council Tax down. Sorry - but I'm all for that!

Personally I think efficiency savings are the way to do that. Rather than then upset the staff by changing their Terms & Conditions of employment.

BeachBum · Post by **BeachBum** » 10 Mar 2009, 14:38

BeachBum wrote:remote.edinburgh.gov.uk That is available to members of staff who have been approved by their line managers as requiring access to the Orb etc from outwith Council offices. But all Council employees can check mail by logging into mail.edinburgh.gov.uk (This never used to apply to children & families dept but I think it does now).

In addition:

For staff with a email with xxxx@edin.sch.uk use mail.edin.org

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 10 Mar 2009, 14:54

Marya wrote:
BeachBum wrote: Im at home just now so will log into the intranet and see if there has been one released.
How can you access the Orb from home?

BeachBum wrote: remote.edinburgh.gov.uk That is available to members of staff who have been approved by their line managers as requiring access to the Orb etc from outwith Council offices. But all Council employees can check mail by logging into mail.edinburgh.gov.uk (This never used to apply to children & families dept but I think it does now).

BeachBum wrote:In addition:

For staff with a email with xxxx@edin.sch.uk use mail.edin.org

I knew how to access my email. It was how you could access the Orb that had puzzled me.

BeachBum · Post by **BeachBum** » 10 Mar 2009, 15:23

Marya wrote: I knew how to access my email. It was how you could access the Orb that had puzzled me.

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